лях

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic *ляхъ (*ljaxŭ), nominative plural ляси (ljasi), accusative plural ляхы (ljaxy). See Polish Lach for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲax]

Noun

лях • (ljax) m anim (genitive ля́ха, nominative plural ля́хи, genitive plural ля́хов, feminine ля́шка)

1. (historical, now sometimes slightly derogatory or ironic) Pole, Polish man, Polack

Declension

Declension of поля́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	поля́к polják	поля́ки poljáki
genitive	поля́ка poljáka	поля́ков poljákov
dative	поля́ку poljáku	поля́кам poljákam
accusative	поля́ка poljáka	поля́ков poljákov
instrumental	поля́ком poljákom	поля́ками poljákami
prepositional	поля́ке poljáke	поля́ках poljákax

Synonyms

• (regular term) поля́к (polják)

Descendants

• → Kipchak: լեհ (leh), լեխ (lex, “Pole”), Լեհ (Leh, “Poland”) (Armeno-Kipchak)
• → Karaim: leh / лех (“Pole”)
• → Crimean Tatar: Leh / Лех (“Poland”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: له (leh, “Poland; Pole”)
  • Turkish: Leh
  • → Middle Armenian: լեհ (leh)
    • Armenian: լեհ (leh)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лях”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress