Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic небо (nebo), from Proto-Slavic *nebo, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare native Belarusian нёба (njóba) from the same Proto-Slavic term. The same duality exists with Russian не́бо (nébo) and нёбо (njóbo).
не́ба • (njéba) n inan (genitive не́ба, nominative plural нябёсы, genitive plural нябёс)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | не́ба njéba |
нябёсы njabjósy |
genitive | не́ба njéba |
нябёс njabjós |
dative | не́бу njébu |
нябёсам njabjósam |
accusative | не́ба njéba |
нябёсы njabjósy |
instrumental | не́бам njébam |
нябёсамі njabjósami |
locative | не́бе njébje |
нябёсах njabjósax |
count form | — | не́бы1 njéby1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
не́ба • (néba) n inan
не́ба • (néba)