шлях

Belarusian

Etymology

Cognate with Polish szlach.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂlʲax]

• Audio:

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Noun

1. way, path, road

   Synonym: даро́га (daróha)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• “шлях” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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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

Declension of шлях (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-c/a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	шля́х šljáx	шляхи́, шля́хи šljaxí, šljáxi
genitive	шля́ха šljáxa	шляхо́в, шля́хов šljaxóv, šljáxov
dative	шля́ху šljáxu	шляха́м, шля́хам šljaxám, šljáxam
accusative	шля́х šljáx	шляхи́, шля́хи šljaxí, šljáxi
instrumental	шля́хом šljáxom	шляха́ми, шля́хами šljaxámi, šljáxami
prepositional	шля́хе šljáxe	шляха́х, шля́хах šljaxáx, šljáxax
locative	на шляху́ na šljaxú

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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): [ʃlʲax]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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

1. way, path

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шлях”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “шлях”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka