ніби

See also: нїби

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• ні́́бито (ní́byto)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲibe]

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Conjunction

ні́би • (níby)

1. as if, as though, as, like
2. it is alleged/purported that, allegedly, purportedly

Synonyms

• (all senses): на́че (náče), на́чеб (náčeb), на́чебто (náčebto), нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́́бито (ní́byto)
• (as if, like): мов (mov), немо́в (nemóv)

Particle

ні́би • (níby)

1. (modal) (it is/was/seems/seemed) as if, as though; apparently, ostensibly, seemingly

   Synonyms: на́че (náče), на́чеб (náčeb), на́чебто (náčebto), нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́́бито (ní́byto)

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “ніби”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 548
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “ніби”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 418
• “ніби”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “ніби”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)