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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nebesьskъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *nebo + *-ьskъ.

Adjective

*nebesьskъ

  1. celestial, heavenly
  2. (derived from the first sence) blue

Declension

Descendants

Only the definite form of the adjective survives in most languages. However, the indefinite form was still present in Old Church Slavonic.

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: небесьскꙑи (nebesĭskyi)
      • Old Ruthenian: небеский (nebeskij), небесский (nebesskij)[1]
        • Ukrainian: небе́ський (nebésʹkyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: небесьскъ (nebesĭskŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱀⰵⰱⰵⱄⱐⱄⰽⱏ (nebesĭskŭ)
      • Russian Church Slavonic: небесьскꙑи (nebesĭskyi)
    • Bulgarian: небе́ски (nebéski) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: небески (nebeski)
    • Old Serbo-Croatian: небески (15ᵗʰ cent.)
    • Old Slovene: nebeski
      • Slovene: nebẹ́ški (tonal orthography)
        • Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): nȩbȋəšk
        • Lower Carniolan (Kostel dialect): neˈbẹːškė
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: nebeský
    • Old Polish: niebieski
    • Slovak: nebeský; nebecký, nebeckí (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: ńebˈesḱi, ńebjesći, ńebjìe̯sћï, ńebˈeskï
    • Sorbian:
      • Old Lower Sorbian: ńeb́eski
        • Lower Sorbian: ńebjaski
      • Upper Sorbian: njebjeski

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), *nebesьskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 100
  1. Bulyka, A. M., editor (2000), небеский I, небесский”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 19 (надивней – небэзпэчность), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 383
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