szlachta

 

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From Polish szlachta.

szlachta pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A legally privileged noble class in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

 

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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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂlax.ta/

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• Rhymes: -axta
• Syllabification: szlach‧ta
• Homophone: Szlachta

szlachta f

1. (collective, historical) nobility (noble or privileged social class)

• → Old East Slavic: шлѧхта (šlęxta)
  • Belarusian: шля́хта (šljáxta)
  • Russian: шля́хта (šljáxta)
  • Ukrainian: шля́хта (šljáxta)

• 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

• szlachta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• szlachta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Polish szlachta.

szlachta f (uncountable)

1. Szlachta (the nobility of Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania)