шляхта

See also: шљахта

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic шлѧхта (šlęxta), from Polish szlachta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʂlʲaxtə]

Noun

шля́хта (šljáxta) f inan (genitive шля́хты, nominative plural шля́хты, genitive plural шляхт)

  1. (historical) szlachta (nobility in Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania)

Declension

  • шляхетность f (šljaxetnostʹ)
  • шляхе́тский (šljaxétskij)
  • шляхе́тство n (šljaxétstvo)
  • шля́хтич m (šljáxtič)

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
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