шляхта

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See also: шљахта

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

шля́хта (šljáxtaf inan (genitive шля́хты, nominative plural шля́хты, genitive plural шляхт)

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

Declension

References

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