Polabian

English

Etymology

From the name of Polabian tribes, which in turn derives from the name of the Elbe river in Slavic languages (cp. Polish Łaba, Czech Labe), and possibly ultimately from Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/, /pəʊˈlɑː.bi.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/, /poʊˈlɑ.bi.ən/
• Rhymes: -eɪbiən
• Rhymes: -ɑːbiən

Proper noun

Polabian

1. A West Slavic language, extinct in the 18th century.

Translations

West Slavic language

• Armenian: պոլաբերեն (hy) (polaberen)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Полабськый язык m (polabśkŷj jazŷk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波拉布語 / 波拉布语 (bōlābùyǔ), 波拉巴語 / 波拉巴语

• Czech: polabština f, drevjanština f
• German: Polabisch (de) n
• Polabian: Vensťĕ, pülabsťĕ
• Polish: język połabski m
• Portuguese: polábio (pt) m
• Russian: пола́бский язы́к m (polábskij jazýk)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полабски језик m

  Latin: polabski jezik m

• Slovak: polabčina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: połobšćina f

  Upper Sorbian: połobšćina (hsb) f, połobska rěč f

• Ukrainian: полабська мова f (polabsʹka mova)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Polabian terms

Noun

Polabian (plural Polabians)

1. A Polabian Slav; one of a number of Lechite tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is now eastern Germany.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Polabian.

Translations

Polabian Slav

• German: Polaben m pl (in plural)