Standard Lemma guide

Polabian

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊˈlɑː.bi.ən/
  • General-American: /poʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
  • General-American: /poʊˈlɑ.bi.ən/
  • rhymes with -eɪbiən
  • rhymes with -ɑːbiən

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Polabian Slav; one of a number of Lechite tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is now eastern Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Polabian.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պոլաբերեն (polaberen) — West Slavic language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Полабськый язык (polabśkŷj jazŷk) — West Slavic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波拉布語 /波拉布语 (bōlābùyǔ) — West Slavic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波拉巴語 /波拉巴语 — West Slavic language
  • Czech: polabština — West Slavic language
  • Czech: drevjanština — West Slavic language
  • German: Polabisch — West Slavic language
  • Polabian: Vensťĕ — West Slavic language
  • Polabian: pülabsťĕ — West Slavic language
  • Polish: język połabski — West Slavic language
  • Portuguese: polábio — West Slavic language
  • Russian: пола́бский язы́к (polábskij jazýk) — West Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: полабски језик — West Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: polabski jezik — West Slavic language
  • Slovak: polabčina — West Slavic language
  • Lower Sorbian: połobšćina — West Slavic language
  • Upper Sorbian: połobšćina — West Slavic language
  • Upper Sorbian: połobska rěč — West Slavic language
  • Ukrainian: полабська мова (polabsʹka mova) — West Slavic language
  • German: Polaben — Polabian Slav