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

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɔ]

небо • (nebo) n (plural неба, relational adjective небесен)

1. sky
2. heaven

• Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)

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

небо • (nebo) n

1. heaven
2. sky

• небесьнъ (nebesĭnŭ)
• небесьскъ (nebesĭskŭ)

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “небо”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “небо”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki

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

• Hyphenation: не‧бо

небо (nebo) n

1. sky
2. heaven
3. (Christianity) Heaven

• Belarusian: нёба (njóba, “palate”)
• Russian: нёбо (njóbo, “palate”)
• Carpathian Rusyn: не́бо (nébo, “sky, heaven”)
• Ukrainian: не́бо (nébo, “sky, heaven”)

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “небо”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 357

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo. Doublet of нёбо (njóbo), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʲebə]

не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с, relational adjective небе́сный)

1. sky

   на не́бе ― na nébe ― in the sky

   копти́ть не́бо ― koptítʹ nébo ― to waste one's life (lit. to soot the sky)

2. heaven, firmament

   О́тче наш, су́щий на небеса́х! ― Ótče naš, súščij na nebesáx! ― Our Father, who art in heaven!

   ме́жду не́бом и землёй ― méždu nébom i zemljój ― between heaven and earth; in an uncertain situation

   как не́бо и земля́ / отлича́ться как не́бо от земли́ ― kak nébo i zemljá / otličátʹsja kak nébo ot zemlí ― worlds apart; like night and day

   быть на седьмо́м не́бе ― bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe ― to be in seventh heaven

   превозноси́ть до небе́с ([with accusative]) ― prevoznosítʹ do nebés ― to praise to the skies; to lavish praise on

   попа́сть па́льцем в не́бо ― popástʹ pálʹcem v nébo ― to be wide of the mark

3. air

   под откры́тым не́бом ― pod otkrýtym nébom ― in the open (air); under the open sky

   с не́ба свали́ться ― s néba svalítʹsja ― to appear out of the blue

• небе́сный (nebésnyj)
• небожи́тель (nebožítelʹ)
• небосво́д (nebosvód)
• небоскло́н (nebosklón)
• Поднебе́сная f (Podnebésnaja)

• нёбо (njóbo)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “небо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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

не̏бо n (Latin spelling nȅbo)

1. sky
2. heaven, firmament
3. air
4. atmosphere

• небѐскӣ

From Old Ukrainian небо (nebo), from Old East Slavic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *néba, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛbɔ]

не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с)

1. (usually uncountable) sky
2. (usually uncountable) heaven

• The plural is used mostly in poetry and high-register literature and is not used at all in common speech.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “небо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “небо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “небо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “небо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)