Wiktionary

niebo

See also: niebò

Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish niebo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɛbɔ]
  • Syllabification: nie‧bo

Noun edit

niebo n

  1. sky (atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen)
  2. (religion) heaven (abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust)
  3. (anatomy) palate (roof of the mouth)
  4. vault of a bread oven
  5. canopy over a bed

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021) “niebo”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎[2], volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 299

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nebò. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛbɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛbɔ/

Noun edit

niebo n (related adjective niebieski)

  1. sky; heaven
    Synonyms: niebiosa, niebie
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎[3], page 1b:
      Isczy on nebo y szemø osfecza
      [Iżci on niebo i ziemię oświeca]
    • 1930 [Fifteenth century], “Neh”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎[4], 9, 6:
      Ti gesz vczinyl nyebo y nyebo nyebyos (caelum et caelum caelorum), y wszitkø voyskø gich
      [Ty jeś uczynił niebo i niebo niebios (caelum et caelum caelorum), i wszytkę wojskę jich]

Derived terms edit

nouns

Related terms edit

nouns

Descendants edit

  • Masurian: niebo
  • Polish: niebo
  • Silesian: niebo

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish niebo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛ.bɔ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɲɛ.bɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛbɔ
  • Syllabification: nie‧bo

Noun edit

niebo n

  1. sky (atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen)
    Synonyms: błękit, firmament, niebiosa, nieboskłon
  2. (religion) heaven (abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust)
    Synonyms: Królestwo Niebieskie, niebiosa, raj
    Coordinate term: piekło
    Alternative form: Niebo
  3. (religion) God
    Synonyms: Bóg, Najwyższy, niebiosa, Opatrzność, Stworzyciel, Stwórca, Wiekuisty, Wszechmocny
    Alternative form: Niebo
  4. (figuratively) heaven (bliss, extreme happiness or pleasure)
    Synonym: raj
  5. (obsolete, figuratively) sky (part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.)
  6. (Middle Polish) sky; Further details are uncertain.
    • 1528, J. Murmelius, Dictionarius‎[5], page 2:
      Coelum, [...] Der hymmel. Nyebo.

Declension edit

Declension of niebo
singular plural
nominative niebo nieba
genitive nieba nieb
dative niebu niebom
accusative niebo nieba
instrumental niebem niebami
locative niebie niebach
vocative niebo nieba

Derived terms edit

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Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), niebo is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 2 times in news, 2 times in essays, 33 times in fiction, and 20 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 65 times, making it the 1010th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “niebo”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 280

Further reading edit

  • niebo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • niebo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “niebo”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “NIEBO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 21.04.2016
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “niebo”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[6]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “niebo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[7]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “niebo”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[8] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 257
  • niebo in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish niebo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛbɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbɔ
  • Syllabification: nie‧bo

Noun edit

niebo n (related adjective niebieski)

  1. sky (atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen)
  2. (religion) heaven (abode of God or the gods, traditionally conceived as beyond the sky; afterlife of the blessed dead, traditionally conceived as opposed to an afterlife of the wicked and unjust)

Declension edit

Declension of niebo
singular plural
nominative niebo nieba
genitive nieba nieb
dative niebu niebōm
accusative niebo nieba
instrumental niebym niebami/niebōma
locative niebie niebach
vocative niebo nieba

Derived terms edit

nouns

Further reading edit

  • niebo in dykcjonorz.eu
  • niebo in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “niebo”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 101
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “ńebo”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎[9], page 456
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