nebi

See also: nebî and nebí

Abenaki

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi (compare Ojibwe nibi (nipi)), from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (water).

Noun

nebi

  1. water

Derived terms

References

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛbɪ]

Noun

nebi

  1. inflection of nebe:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. instrumental plural

Penobscot

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi, from Proto-Algic *nepiʔi (water).

Noun

nebi

  1. water

References

  • J. Dyneley Prince (1902) “The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects”, in American Anthropologist (in Penobscot), volume 4

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem, from Proto-Italic *sniks, from Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs, derived from the root *sneygʷʰ- (to snow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛbi/

Noun

nebi f (invariable)

  1. snow
    • 1866, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 2, page 65:
      E si tralfiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia rilplindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' viltiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.
      [E si trafiguresi dananzi a eddis. E la so' faccia riprindisi cumenti lu soli: e li so' visthiri si fesini bianchi cumenti la nebi.]
      And he was transfigured in front of them. And his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as snow.
    • 1956, Salvator Ruju, “Manzanu di nèbi [Snow morning]”, in Agnireddu e Rusina; republished as Caterina Ruju, editor, Sassari véccia e nóba, Nuoro: Ilisso edizioni, 2001, →ISBN, page 95:
      Arimani una dì ch'éra un incantu,
      e abà tutt'è bïancu, è fiucchendi,
      e nèbi n'à ficchidu più d'un pàimu.
      Yesterday was a wonderful day, and now everything is white, it's snowing, and more than a palm of snow has fallen.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Guasi una fantasia [Almost a fantasy]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 135:
      Dananzi a l’occi abaraggiu un paesi
      cuberthu da la nebi
      digussì intatta e fini che in pintura.
      I'll have in front of my eyes a country covered by snow as intact and fine as in a picture.

References

  • Ugo Solinas (2016) “nèbi”, in Vocabolario sassarese-italiano fraseologico ed etimologico, volume 2, Sestu: Domus de Janas, →ISBN, page 867
  • Giosue Muzzo (1981) “nèbi”, in Vocabolario del dialetto sassarese, Chiarella Editore, →ISBN; republished, Sassari: Carlo Delfino editore, 2018, page 134
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “neve”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Anagrams

Slovak

Noun

nebi

  1. locative singular of nebo

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نبی (nebi), from Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne.biː/

Noun

nebi (definite accusative nebiyi, plural nebiler or enbiya)

  1. prophet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative nebi
Definite accusative nebiyi
Singular Plural
Nominative nebi nebiler
Definite accusative nebiyi nebileri
Dative nebiye nebilere
Locative nebide nebilerde
Ablative nebiden nebilerden
Genitive nebinin nebilerin
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