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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: небесьскъ (nebesĭskŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: небескїй (nebeskij), небесскїй (nebesskij)
        • Ukrainian: небе́ський (nebésʹkyj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: nebeský
    • Polabian: nibesťĕ
    • Old Polish: niebieśski, niebiesski, 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), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 100
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