нимб

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Russian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin nimbus. Doublet of не́бо (nébo), нёбо (njóbo), небула́йзер (nebulájzer, “nebulizer”), and небуля́рный (nebuljárnyj).

Pronunciation

Noun

нимб • (nimb) m inan (genitive ни́мба, nominative plural ни́мбы, genitive plural ни́мбов, relational adjective ни́мбовый)

  1. halo, aureole, nimbus
  2. glory

Declension

Declension of нимб (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ни́мб
nímb 		ни́мбы
nímby
genitive ни́мба
nímba 		ни́мбов
nímbov
dative ни́мбу
nímbu 		ни́мбам
nímbam
accusative ни́мб
nímb 		ни́мбы
nímby
instrumental ни́мбом
nímbom 		ни́мбами
nímbami
prepositional ни́мбе
nímbe 		ни́мбах
nímbax

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “нимб”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 573
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