njebjo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • ńebjo (superseded)
  • njebjesa (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛbʲɔ/, [ˈnʲebʲɔ]

Noun

njebjo n

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Declension

Declension of njebjo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative njebjo njebi njebja
Genitive njebja njebjowu njebjow
Dative njebjoju, njebju njebjoma njebjam
Accusative njebjo njebi njebja
Instrumental njebjom njebjoma njebjami
Locative njebju njebjoma njebjach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ńebjo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “njebjo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebò, *nȅbo. Compare the religious equivalent njebjesa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnjɛbjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbjɔ
  • Hyphenation: nje‧bjo
  • Syllabification: nje‧bjo

Noun

njebjo n

  1. (astronomy) sky (spherical surface where celestial bodies appear projected, limited by the horizon line)

Declension

Declension of njebjo (neuter soft stem)
singular dual plural
nominative njebjo njebi njebja
genitive njebja njebjow njebjow
dative njebju njebjomaj njebjam
accusative njebjo njebi njebja
instrumental njebjom njebjomaj njebjemi
locative njebju njebjomaj njebjach
vocative njebjo njebi njebja

Derived terms

adjectives
  • njebjomódry
  • njebjowy
  • njebjowysoki
nouns
  • podnjebjo n

References

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