szlachta

See also: Szlachta

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German slahte (“genus, kind, species, race”) (compare German Geschlecht).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʂlax.ta/
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Noun

szlachta f

  1. nobility

Declension
declension of szlachta
singular plural
nominative szlachta szlachty
genitive szlachty szlacht
dative szlachcie szlachtom
accusative szlachtę szlachty
instrumental szlachtą szlachtami
locative szlachcie szlachtach
vocative szlachto szlachty

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1973), “шляхта”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 457
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 550

Portuguese

Noun

szlachta f (uncountable)

  1. Szlachta (the nobility of Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania)
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