szlachta
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]szlachta pl (plural only)
- (historical) A legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Polish ślachta, ślechta, from Middle High German slahte, from Old High German slahta, from Proto-Germanic *slahtō. Compare German Geschlecht, Italian schiatta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]szlachta f
- (collective, historical) nobility (noble or privileged social class)
Declension
[edit]Declension of szlachta
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
nouns
verbs
- szlachcać impf
- uszlachcać impf
- uszlachcić pf
Descendants
[edit]- → Old East Slavic: шлѧхта (šlęxta)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шляхта”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “szlachta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 550
Further reading
[edit]- szlachta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- szlachta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]szlachta f (uncountable)
- Szlachta (the nobility of Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania)
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