sky oor Xhosa

sky

/skaɪs/, /skaɪ/ werkwoord, naamwoord

(obsolete) A cloud.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Xhosa

Izulu

everything that is above the surface of the Earth

The sky was blue, and white fluffy clouds hovered above.
Izulu lalityhilile, kuthe gqaba gqaba ngamafu phayaa naphaya.

isibhakabhaka

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atmosphere above a point

Even the air must be clean, for the sky is blue and the light seems to sparkle.
Kwanomoya umele ukuba ucocekile, kuba isibhakabhaka siluhlaza yaka nokukhanya kuqaqambile.

izulu

Applied to the highest mast of a ship, usually painted; as, sky-sail pole.
Eyona masti iphakamileyo yenqanawe, epeyintwe, njengentsika yeseyile engurhec' izulu.

Sky

eienaam

A female given name

voorbeelde

The sky was filled with droning Soviet warplanes loaded with paratroops.”
Kwakusoloko kubhabha iinqwelo moya zomkhosi waseSoviet Union ezinamajoni.”

Although stars passed along the sky from east to west, they did not change their positions in relation to one another.
Nangona iinkwenkwezi zihamba esibhakabhakeni zisuka empuma zisiya entshona, ukuma kwazo akutshintshi.

Rocky slopes flank its shores, and to the north, majestic Mount Hermon juts into the sky.
Iintaba ezinamatye zingqonge unxweme lolo lwandle yaye emntla kumi ukrec’ izulu weNtaba iHermon.

Tortoise looked down from the sky and saw his wife standing next to something.
UFudo wajonga phantsi esesibhakabhakeni, waza wabona unkosikazi wakhe eme ecaleni kwento ethile.

A five-year-old boy sent a small contribution that he hoped would buy ‘a tin of tuna as high as the sky for the brothers in Russia.’
Inkwenkwe eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala yathumela umnikelo omncinane neyayinethemba lokuba kwakuya kuthengwa ngawo ‘inkonkxa enkulu yentlanzi ukwenzela abazalwana baseRashiya.’

How we would thrill to the exhilaration of soaring from a mountain peak up into the sky with nothing to hinder our freedom!
Hayi indlela ebeluya kusichulumancisa ngayo uvuyo lokuntinga sisuka encotsheni yentaba sinyukela esibhakabhakeni kungekho nto ithintela inkululeko yethu!

As the 11 continue gazing into the sky, 2 men in white garments appear alongside them.
Njengoko abali-11 beqhubeka bekhangela esibhakabhakeni, amadoda amabini ambethe iingubo ezimhlophe athi gqi kufuphi nabo.

Probably, his parents had taught him names for the great constellations and what they knew about the laws that governed the movement of the constellations through the sky.
Mhlawumbi abazali bakhe bamfundisa amagama amakroza eenkwenkwezi noko babekwazi ngemithetho elawula indlela ahamba ngayo amakroza eenkwenkwezi asesibhakabhakeni.

16 The daylight declined as the great luminary of the day, which he could discern in its movement across the sky, set.
16 Ukukhanya kwemini kwaya kuphela njengoko isikhanyiso esikhulu semini, awayenokusibona sihamba sinqumla isibhakabhaka, sasitshona.

This Jesus who was received up from you into the sky will come thus in the same manner as you have beheld him going into the sky.”
UYesu lo unyuselwe esibhakabhakeni uya kuza ngolu hlobo nimbone esiya ngalo esibhakabhakeni.” (IZe.

Another says that Abijah’s goodness was “conspicuous . . . , just as the stars are brightest when the sky is dark, and the cedars are most beautiful when surrounding trees are leafless.”
Omnye uthi ukulunga kuka-Abhiya “kwakubonakala . . . , kanye njengokuba iinkwenkwezi zibonakala ebusuku xa kuzolile yaye imisedare iba mihle gqitha xa eminye imithi itshazile.”

We were impressed by a beautiful panorama —the majestic and jagged mountain called El Yunque (The Anvil), carpeted as if with dark-green velvet, and in the background, a clear, blue sky bordered by masses of white clouds.
Sachukumiseka yile ndawo intle esasiyibona—intaba enkulu neneengxondorha ebizwa ngokuba yiEl Yunque (iThe Anvil), egqunywe luhlaza oluhle, yaye elundini phayaa, kubonakala isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza esineengqimba zamafu amhlophe.

Why do we see different colors in the sky?
Kutheni sibona imibala eyahlukahlukeneyo esibhakabhakeni?

He drew the blue sky at the top of the page and also a big yellow sun.
Wazoba isibhakabhaka esizuba phezulu ephepheni kunye nelanga elikhulu elityheli.

“When evening falls,” he said, “you are accustomed to say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is fire-red’; and at morning, ‘It will be wintry, rainy weather today, for the sky is fire-red, but gloomy-looking.’
Wathi, “Ngokuhlwa nithi, Liya kusa; kuba izulu limlilo ukuba bomvu.

We had to sleep under the sky, under the naked sky.
Sasilala phantsi kwesibhakabhaka, kungekho khusi phezu kwethu.

Finding Figures in the Sky
Ukukhangela Izinto Ezisesibhakabhakeni

The condensation trails, or contrails, left in the sky by jet airliners affect atmospheric temperature, says Scientific American.
Ngokutsho kweScientific American, umphunga oshiywa ziinqwelo-moya esibhakabhakeni uchaphazela ukufudumala kwemeko-bume.

He said: ‘Look at the birds in the sky.
Wathi: ‘Khangelani kwiintaka ezisesibhakabhakeni.

How else, they reasoned, could the North Star appear lower in the sky as a person traveled south?
Oko akwazi, ngenxa yokuba iNkwenkwezi eseMntla yayibonakala iphantsi esibhakabhakeni xa umntu etyhalela phambili nohambo oluya emazantsi.

The blue sky began to fade.
Isibhakabhaka esiluhlaza saqalisa ukuba mnyama.

During those years, as I sat in machine-gun posts on the northeast coast of England and looked up at the starry sky, I often had occasion to think about God and to wonder why the Maker of this awesome beauty would allow such violence, bloodshed, and suffering among mankind.
Ebudeni baloo minyaka, njengoko ndandihlala kwindawo yokulinda ekwakubekwa kuyo oombayimbayi kwicala lonxweme olungakumntla-mpuma weNgilani ndize ndikhangele phezulu kwisibhakabhaka esineenkwenkwezi, ngokufuthi ndandiba nethuba lokucinga ngoThixo ndize ndizibuze isizathu sokuba uMenzi wezi zinto zintle kangaka avumele ugonyamelo, ukuphalazwa kwegazi nokubandezeleka okunjalo kuluntu.

and golden sparks filled the sky.
zaze iintlantsi ezibugolide zazalisa isibhakabhaka.

Suddenly, the sky filled with clouds, and rain began to fall.
Ngequbuliso, izulu laxubayela kwaza kwaqalisa ukuna.

You may wonder, as you admire it, if it will regain its vigor and lift its lovely head to the sky once more.
Usenokuzibuza, njengokuba uyibukele, enoba inokuwazuza kwakhona na amandla ayo ize iphinde iphakamisele intloko yayo ethandekayo esibhakabhakeni kwakhona.