njebjo

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ńebjo (superseded)
• njebjesa (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲɛbʲɔ/, [ˈnʲebʲɔ]

Noun

njebjo n inan

1. sky
2. heaven

Declension

Declension of njebjo

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	njebjo	njebi	njebja
Genitive	njebja	njebjowu	njebjow
Dative	njebjoju, njebju	njebjoma	njebjam
Accusative	njebjo	njebi	njebja
Instrumental	njebjom	njebjoma	njebjami
Locative	njebju	njebjoma	njebjach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ńebjo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “njebjo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Noun

njebjo n

1. sky
2. heaven

Further reading

• “njebjo” in Soblex