welkin
The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies…The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
Meaning
3 sensesThe sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
Firmament, Himmel, Himmelszelt
небеса́nebesá
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
небоnébo
The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English welkne (“weather; heavens; (earlier) cloud”), from Old EngliInherited from Middle English welkne (“weather; heavens; (earlier) cloud”), from Old English wolcnu (“sky, heavens”), plural form of wolcn (“cloud”), from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *wulkną (“cloud”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥ɡ-no-m, from *welg- (“damp; wet”). Cognate with Dutch wolk (“cloud”), German Wolke (“cloud”).
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Forms
plural: welkinsSynonyms
8 synonyms- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected:celestial spheresphereempyreanfirmamentheavensvault of heaven