wjelba

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• ẃelba (obsolete)
• wjelb (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German (ge)welbe, from Proto-Germanic *ga-hwalb-iją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲɛlba/, /ˈjɛlba/

Noun

wjelba f

1. vault

Declension

Declension of wjelba

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	wjelba	wjelbje	wjelby
Genitive	wjelby	wjelbowu	wjelbow
Dative	wjelbje	wjelboma	wjelbam
Accusative	wjelbu	wjelbje	wjelby
Instrumental	wjelbu	wjelboma	wjelbami
Locative	wjelbje	wjelboma	wjelbach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “ẃelba”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wjelba”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag