неба

See also: нёба

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Doublet of нёба (njóba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲeba]
• Rhymes: -eba

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• Hyphenation: не‧ба

Noun

не́ба • (njéba) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural нябёсы, genitive plural нябёс)

1. sky

   Усе глядзелі ў неба, калі ляцеў самалёт. ― Usje hljadzjeli ŭ njeba, kali ljacjeŭ samaljót. ― Everyone looked up at the sky as the plane flew.

2. (religion, usually Christianity) heaven

   Бог гарантуе вечнае жыццё ў небе для тых, хто верыць у Евангелле. ― Boh harantuje vječnaje žyccjó ŭ njebje dlja tyx, xto vjerycʹ u Jevanhjellje. ― God guarantees eternal life in heaven for those who believe in the gospel.

Declension

Declension of не́ба (inan hard neut-form accent-a irreg-plstem)

	singular	plural
nominative	не́ба njéba	нябёсы njabjósy
genitive	не́ба njéba	нябёс njabjós
dative	не́бу njébu	нябёсам njabjósam
accusative	не́ба njéba	нябёсы njabjósy
instrumental	не́бам njébam	нябёсамі njabjósami
locative	не́бе njébje	нябёсах njabjósax
count form	—	не́бы1 njéby1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “неба”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “неба” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲebə]

Noun

не́ба • (néba) n inan

1. genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 8:11:

     Вышли фарисеи, начали с Ним спорить и требовали от Него знамения с неба, искушая Его.

     Vyšli farisei, načali s Nim sporitʹ i trebovali ot Nevo znamenija s neba, iskušaja Jevo.

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɐ]

Noun

не́ба • (néba)

1. genitive singular of не́бо (nébo)