Łaba

== Kashubian == === 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 Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea) === Further reading === Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Łaba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2] == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwa.ba/ Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: Ła‧ba Homophone: łaba === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olba, from Proto-Germanic *albī. ==== Proper noun ==== Łaba f Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “Łaba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=Labe ==== Further reading ==== “Łaba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Łaba m pers a male surname ===== Declension ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Łaba f (traditional married form Łabina, traditional unmarried form Łabianka) a female surname ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Łaba”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030