Sorbian

See also: sorbían

English

Etymology

From Sorb +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːbi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/

Proper noun

Sorbian

1. A group of Slavic languages spoken by a minority in eastern Germany.

Synonyms

• Lusatian
• Wendish

Related terms

• Lower Sorbian
• Sorb
• Upper Sorbian

Translations

language

• Arabic: صُورْبِيّ m (ṣūrbiyy)
• Armenian: լուժիկերեն (lužikeren)
• Belarusian: лужы́цкая f (lužýckaja)
• Breton: Sorabeg
• Bulgarian: лу́жишки m (lúžiški)
• Catalan: sòrab m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索布語／索布语 (Suǒbù yǔ), 文德語／文德语 (Wéndé yǔ)

• Czech: lužickosrbský (cs) m
• Danish: Sorbisk
• Dutch: Sorbisch (nl) n
• Estonian: sorbi keel
• Finnish: sorbi (fi)
• French: sorabe (fr) m
• Galician: sorabo (gl) m
• German: Sorbisch (de) n
• Hebrew: שפות סורביות f
• Hungarian: szorb (hu)
• Icelandic: sorbneska (is)
• Indonesian: Sorbia
• Irish: Soirbis
• Italian: sorbico, Sorbo
• Japanese: ソルブ語 (ja) (Sorubu-go)
• Korean: 소르브어 (Soreubeu-eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sorbî (ku)

• Lithuanian: Sorbiškai
• Macedonian: лужички m (lužički), лужичкоср́пски m (lužičkosŕpski)
• Navajo: Sóówbyan Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian: sorbisk (no)
• Persian: صربی (sorbi)
• Polish: łużycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: sorábio m, sórbio m
• Romanian: sorabă f
• Russian: лу́жицкий (ru) m (lúžickij), серболу́жицкий m (serbolúžickij), со́рбский m (sórbskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лужичкосрпски m

  Roman: lužičkosrpski (sh) m

• Sicilian: zurbu m, zurba f
• Slovak: lužickosrbský m
• Slovene: lužiščina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower: serbšćina f

  Upper: serbšćina f

• Spanish: sorbio (es) m, sorabo (es) m
• Swedish: sorbiska (sv)
• Turkish: Sorbca (tr)
• Ukrainian: лу́жицька f (lúžycʹka)
• Walloon: Sorbyin

Adjective

Sorbian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language.

Translations

of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language

• Catalan: sòrab
• Dutch: Sorbisch (nl)
• German: sorbisch (de), wendisch (de)
• Polish: łużycki (pl) m
• Portuguese: sórbio
• Sicilian: zurbu m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: serbski

  Upper Sorbian: serbski (hsb)

Noun

Sorbian (plural Sorbians)

1. A Sorb.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Upper Sorbian, hsb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Lower Sorbian, dsb ⁠

Anagrams

• Baronis, Raboins, Sanibor, naibors

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔr.bjan/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbjan
• Syllabification: Sor‧bian

Proper noun

Sorbian m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sorbian

	singular	plural
nominative	Sorbian	Sorbianowie
genitive	Sorbiana	Sorbianów
dative	Sorbianowi	Sorbianom
accusative	Sorbiana	Sorbianów
instrumental	Sorbianem	Sorbianami
locative	Sorbianie	Sorbianach
vocative	Sorbianie	Sorbianowie

Proper noun

Sorbian f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• “Sorbian”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022