njebjo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms
  • ńebjo (superseded)
  • njebjesa (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛbʲɔ/, [ˈnʲebʲɔ]

Noun

njebjo n inan

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Declension
Declension of njebjo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative njebjo njebi njebja
Genitive njebja njebjowu njebjow
Dative njebjoju, njebju njebjoma njebjam
Accusative njebjo njebi njebja
Instrumental njebjom njebjoma njebjami
Locative njebju njebjoma njebjach

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ńebjo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “njebjo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Noun

njebjo n

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Further reading
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