Łaba

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "laba"

Kashubian

Łaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olba. Doublet of Elba, a form borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.ba/
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: Ła‧ba

Proper noun

Łaba f

  1. Elbe (a river in the Czech Republic and Germany)

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Łaba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Polish

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Łaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olba, from Proto-Germanic *albī.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.ba/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aba
  • Syllabification: Ła‧ba
  • Homophone: łaba

Proper noun

Łaba f

  1. Elbe (a river in the Czech Republic and Germany)

Declension

Declension of Łaba
singular
nominative Łaba
genitive Łaby
dative Łabie
accusative Łabę
instrumental Łabą
locative Łabie
vocative Łabo

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Łaba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Łaba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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