шлях

Belarusian

Etymology

Cognate with Polish szlach.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂlʲax]
  • (file)

Noun

шлях (šljax) m inanimate

  1. way, path, road
    Synonym: даро́га (daróha)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References


Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian шлях (šljax) or Belarusian шлях (šljax), cf. Polish szlach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂlʲax]

Noun

шлях (šljax) m inan (genitive шля́ха, nominative plural шляхи́ or шля́хи, genitive plural шляхо́в or шля́хов)

  1. (historical, Ukraine, Southern Russia) path, steppe road

Declension


Ukrainian

Etymology

Via Polish szlach or directly from Middle Low German slach (beat, strike, hit). For the semantics compare би́та доро́га (býta doróha), from бити (byty, to beat), дорога (doroha, way, road).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃlʲɑx]
  • (file)

Noun

шлях (šljax) m inan (genitive шля́ху, nominative plural шляхи́)

  1. way, path

Declension

References

  • шлях in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
  • Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (2012), шлях”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 443
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