șleahtă

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish szlachta, from Middle High German slahte (genus, kind, species, race), from Proto-Germanic *slahtō. Compare German Geschlecht.

Noun

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șleahtă f (plural șlehte)

  1. (historical) Szlachta, nobility of Poland
  2. (derogatory) crowd, clique

Declension

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