nebi

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See also: nebî and nebí

Abenaki

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (compare Ojibwe nibi (nipi)), from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (water).

Noun

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nebi

  1. water

Derived terms

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References

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nebi

  1. inflection of nebe:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. instrumental plural

Penobscot

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (water).

Noun

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nebi

  1. water

References

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  • J. Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist (in Penobscot), volume 4

Sassarese

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Etymology

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From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs, derived from the root *sneygʷʰ- (to snow).

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Noun

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nebi f (invariable)

  1. snow
    • 1866, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎[1] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 2, page 65:
      E si tralfiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia rilplindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' viltiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.
      [E si trafiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia riprindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' visthiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.]
      And he was transfigured in front of them. And his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as snow.
    • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Manzanu di nèbi [Snow morning]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 95:
      Arimani una dì ch'éra un incantu,
      e abà tutt'è bïancu, è fiucchendi,
      e nèbi n'à ficchidu più d'un pàimu.
      Yesterday was a wonderful day, and now everything is white, it's snowing, and more than a palm of snow has fallen.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Guasi una fantasia [Almost a fantasy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 135:
      Dananzi a l’occi abaraggiu un paesi
      cuberthu da la nebi
      digussì intatta e fini che in pintura.
      I'll have in front of my eyes a country covered by snow as intact and fine as in a picture.

References

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  • Ugo Solinas (2016) “nèbi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 867
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) “nèbi”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 134
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “neve”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Anagrams

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Slovak

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Noun

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nebi

  1. locative singular of nebo

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish نبی (nebi), from Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

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Noun

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nebi (definite accusative nebiyi, plural nebiler or enbiya)

  1. prophet

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative nebi
Definite accusative nebiyi
Singular Plural
Nominative nebi nebiler
Definite accusative nebiyi nebileri
Dative nebiye nebilere
Locative nebide nebilerde
Ablative nebiden nebilerden
Genitive nebinin nebilerin