# nebo
## Äiwoo
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na rabum.

### Noun

nebo
* grass

### References

* Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

## Czech
### Etymology

Probably from ne (“not”) + Old Czech *bo (cognate with Czech ba); basically formed in the meaning of “if not”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛbo]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

nebo
* or
* and/or
* (archaic) for

#### Usage notes

Nebo is used both as an exclusive and an inclusive or. To avoid ambiguity, "buď ... (a)nebo ..." ("either ... or ...") can be used for exclusive or; however, the conjunction buď and consequently this structure is never used in questions. Adding "nebo obojí" ("or both") etc. can be used for inclusive or.
    Dáte si kávu nebo čaj? ― Do you want coffee or tea?
    Dáte si ke snídani kávu, nebo čaj? ― What do you want for breakfast – coffee or tea?
    Měli byste si dát buď kávu, anebo čaj. ― You should have either coffee or tea.

#### Synonyms

* anebo
* či
* čili (archaic in this sense)

#### Related terms

* aneb
* neb
* neboli

### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “nebo”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
* ↑ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
* ↑ nebo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, online version
* ↑ nebo on nechybujte.cz

### Further reading

* “nebo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nebo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Latin
### Verb

nēbō
* first-person singular future active indicative of neō

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnêbo/

### Noun

nȅbo n (Cyrillic spelling не̏бо)
* sky
* heaven, firmament
* air
* atmosphere
    nebu pod oblake — far away

#### Derived terms

* nebèskī

### Further reading

* “nebo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɲebɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nebo n (genitive singular neba, nominative plural nebesá / nebesia, genitive plural nebies, declension pattern of mesto or srdce)
* sky
    Synonym: obloha
* heaven

#### Derived terms

* nebový
* nebíčko

### Further reading

* “nebo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛbóː/
* Rhymes: -oː
* Hyphenation: ne‧bo

### Noun

nebọ̑ n
* (uncountable) sky
    Synonyms: nebesa, nebesni obok, božja dlan, fiirmament, modri oblok, nebes, nebesje, nebesna modrina, nebesna sinjina, nebesni svod, nebeški obok, nebna sinjina, nebni obok, nebosklon, oblok, obnebje, obočje
* (Christianity, archaic, uncountable) heaven
    Synonyms: nebesa, raj, nebeško kraljestvo
    Antonyms: pekel, inferno, peklo, peklensko žrelo, večni ogenj
* (journalism) field (domain of study, knowledge or practice)
    Synonyms: področje, območje, delokrog, domena, krog, meje, objekt, obsežje, pokrajinna, polje, poprišče, sfera, svet, terišče, torišče
* (rare) baldachin
    Synonyms: baldahin, nebes
* (anatomy, phonetics) palate (soft and hard)

#### Declension

* obsolete; compare pluralia tantum nebesa

#### Derived terms

* do neba
* kakor bi padel z neba
* kot da bi padel z neba
* kovati v sedmo nebo
* kovati v tretje nebo
* mehko nebo
* nẹ̑bən
* nebẹ̑sa
* nebẹ̑sən
* nebo blagoslovi kogaršnji zakon
* nihče ne pade učen z neba
* pod milim nebom
* pod tujim nebom
* trdo nebo
* v nebo

### Further reading

* “nebo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “nebo”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references