Łaba

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^[2]

Polish

Łaba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olba, from Proto-Germanic *albī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.ba/

• Audio:

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• 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

• “Łaba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
• http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=Labe

Further reading

• Łaba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Łaba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce, 2022