ніби
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ні́́бито (ní́byto)
Etymology
[edit]From ні (ni) + би (by). Cognate with Belarusian ні́бы (níby), Polish niby. Compare Old Ruthenian небы (neby, “like, as if”), Russian как бы (kak by), Czech and Polish jakoby.
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ні́би • (níby)
Particle
[edit]ні́би • (níby)
References
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ніби”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ніби”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “ніби”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)