Editing Polabian language (section)

====Feminine nouns====
There are three types of declension of feminine nouns. The first includes nouns with endings ''-o'' or ''-ă'' in the nominative singular case: ''bobo'' (“woman”), ''zenă'' (“wife”, “woman”). The second ends in ''-åi̯'', ''-ĕ'', or ''-ai̯'': ''motai̯'' (“mother”), ''bant'åi̯'' (“bench”). The third has a zero ending: ''vås'' (“louse”), ''t’üst'' (“bone”), ''vas'' (“village”).{{sfn|Polański|2010|pp=106—112}}

Within the singular, the following can be seen:
* Feminine nouns in the nominative singular end in ''-o''/''-ă'' (the reduced vowel ''-ă'' is marked in an unstressed position), or ''-åi̯''/''-ĕ'' (the presence of a full or reduced form also depends on the place of stress in the word), ''-ai̯'' (except ''motai̯'' ( “mother”) all words with this ending in Polabian are borrowings from Middle Low German) and ''-Ø'' (null morpheme).
* Feminine nouns in the genitive singular are characterized by the endings ''-ai̯''/''-ĕ'' (for nouns with endings ''-o''/''-ă'' in the nominative case): ''slåmåi̯'' (“straw”), ''pöl t'üpĕ'' (“half a pile”, “thirty”); ''-ă''/''ai̯'' ''zimă'' (“near the ground”), ''viz viză'' (“from the house”), there are no examples with a full vowel in the ending for this group of nouns; ''-i'' (for nouns ending with a consonant in the nominative case): ''råzi'' (“rye”), ''süli'' (“salt”); ''-vĕ'' (only one example of a noun form with this ending has been preserved): ''ai̯ kokvĕ'' (“at the pillory”).
* Feminine nouns in the dative singular take the ending ''-e''/''-ă'': ''kå stărne'' (“on the side”, “to the side”) and ''-ai̯'': ''kå zimai̯'' (“to the ground”).
* Feminine nouns in the accusative singular end in ''-ǫ'': ''korvǫ'' (“cow”); ''-ą''/''-ă'': ''no zimą'' (“on the ground”), ''zo nidelă'' (“per week”); and ''-Ø'' (for nouns ending in consonant in the nominative case): ''t'üst'' (“bone”), ''vas'' (“village”).
* Feminine nouns in the instrumental singular only have one ending, ''-ą'': ''så lüdą'' (“by boat”), ''püd zimą'' (“underground”), ''så pąstą'' (“fist”).
* Feminine nouns in the prepositional singular have endings ''-ă'': ''vå vidă'' (“in the water”); and -ĕ: ''no storně'' (“on the side”), ''no zimĕ'' (“on the ground”), ''vå vizĕ'' (“in the house”).
Within the plural, the following can be seen:
* Feminine nouns in the nominative and accusative plural are syncretic and take the endings ''-åi̯'': ''sestråi̯'' (“sisters”); ''-e''/''-ă'': ''vüce'' (“sheep”), ''nidelă'' (“weeks”); ''-ai̯''/''-ĕ'': ''golǫzai̯'' (“branches”), ''t’üstai̯''/''t’üstĕ'' (“bones”); and ''-våi̯'': ''grai̯svåi̯'' (“pears”).
Within the dual, the following can be seen:
* Feminine nouns in the nominative and accusative dual are syncretic and take the ending ''-e'': ''rǫce'' ("two hands/arms"), ''nüʒe'' ("two feet/legs").
* Feminine nouns in the genitive dual are syncretic with the genitive plural: ''ai̯ dåvüх grau̯k'' (“at two pears”).
* Feminine nouns in the dative and instrumental dual are syncretic and are characterized by the ending ''-omă'', only one such noun form is attested: ''så rǫkomă'' (“with two hands”).
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center;"
 ! style="width:100px" |Case
 ! style="width:280px" colspan="3" |Singular
 |-
 ! Nominative
 | ''-o'' : ''-ă'', ''-åi̯'', ''-Ø'', ''-ai̯''
 |-
 ! Genitive
 | ''-åi̯'' : ''-ĕ'', ''-ă'', ''-i'', ''-vĕ''
 |-
 ! Dative
 | ''-e'' : ''-ă'', ''-ai̯''
 |-
 ! Accusative
 | ''-ǫ'', ''-ą'' : ''-ă'', ''-Ø''
 |-
 ! Instrumental
 | ''-ǫ'', ''-ą'' : ''-ă''
 |-
 ! Prepositional
 | ''-e'' : ''-ă'', ''-ĕ''
 |}
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{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center;"
 ! style="width:100px" |Case
 ! style="width:180px" |Plural
 ! style="width:180px" |Dual
 |-
 ! Nominative
 | ''-åi̯'': ''-ĕ'', ''-ai̯'' : ''-ĕ'', ''-e'' : ''-ă'', ''-våi̯''
 | ''-e''
 |-
 ! Genitive
 | ''-Ø''
 | ''–''
 |-
 ! Dative
 | ''-ăm''
 | ''-omă''
 |-
 ! Accusative
 |colspan="3" |= {{sc|nom}}
 |-
 ! Instrumental
 | ''-omĕ''
 | ''-omă''
 |-
 ! Prepositional
 |colspan="3" | ''–''
 |}
|}