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нимб

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Russian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin nimbus. Doublet of не́бо (nébo), нёбо (njóbo), небула́йзер (nebulájzer, nebulizer), and небуля́рный (nebuljárnyj).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нимб (nimbm inan (genitive ни́мба, nominative plural ни́мбы, genitive plural ни́мбов, relational adjective ни́мбовый)

  1. halo, aureole, nimbus
  2. glory

Declension

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References

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  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “нимб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 573