# небо
## Macedonian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛbɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

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

#### Declension
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* Glagolitic: ⱀⰵⰱⱁ (nebo)

### Etymology

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

### Noun

небо • (nebo) n
* heaven
* sky

#### Derived terms

* небесьнъ (nebesĭnŭ)
* небесьскъ (nebesĭskŭ)

### References

* 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

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛbɔ/→/ˈnʲɛbɔ/→/ˈnʲɛbɔ/
* (ca. 9th CE) IPA: /ˈnɛbɔ/
* (ca. 11th CE) IPA: /ˈnʲɛbɔ/
* (ca. 13th CE) IPA: /ˈnʲɛbɔ/
* Hyphenation: не‧бо

### Noun

небо (nebo) n
* sky
* heaven
* (Christianity) Heaven

#### Descendants

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

### References

* 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]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 357

## Russian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnʲebə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с, relational adjective небе́сный)
* sky
    на не́бе ― na nébe ― in the sky
    копти́ть не́бо ― koptítʹ nébo ― to waste one's life (lit. to soot the sky)
* 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
* 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

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.
$^△$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

* небе́сный (nebésnyj)
* небо- (nebo-)
** небожи́тель m anim (nebožítelʹ)
** небосво́д m (nebosvód)
** небоскло́н m (nebosklón)
** небоскрёб m (neboskrjób)
* Поднебе́сная f (Podnebésnaja)
* поднебе́сье n (podnebésʹje)

##### Phrases

* как до не́ба (kak do néba)
* не́бо с овчи́нку n (nébo s ovčínku)
** не́бо с овчи́нку пока́жется (nébo s ovčínku pokážetsja)
** не́бо с овчи́нку пока́залось (nébo s ovčínku pokázalosʹ)
* седьмо́е не́бо n (sedʹmóje nébo)
** быть на седьмо́м не́бе impf (bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe)быть на седьмо́м не́бе от сча́стья impf (bytʹ na sedʹmóm nébe ot sčástʹja)на седьмо́м не́бе (na sedʹmóm nébe)на седьмо́м не́бе от сча́стья (na sedʹmóm nébe ot sčástʹja)

#### Related terms

* небеса́ n pl (nebesá)
* нёбо n (njóbo)

##### Borrowed

* небула́йзер m (nebulájzer)
* небуля́рный (nebuljárnyj)
* нефоско́п m (nefoskóp)

#### See also

* нёбо n (njóbo)

### References

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

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “небо”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

не̏бо n (Latin spelling nȅbo)
* sky
* heaven, firmament
* air
* atmosphere

#### Derived terms

* небѐскӣ

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɛbɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

не́бо • (nébo) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural небеса́, genitive plural небе́с)
* (usually uncountable) sky
* (usually uncountable) heaven

#### Usage notes

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* 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)