ніби
Ukrainian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ні́́бито (ní́byto)
Etymology edit
From ні (ni) + би (by). Cognate with Belarusian ні́бы (níby), Polish niby. Compare Old Ruthenian небы (neby, “like, as if”), Russian как бы (kak by), Czech and Polish jakoby.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ні́би • (níby)
Particle edit
ні́би • (níby)
References edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ніби”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ніби”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “ніби”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)