szlachta
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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
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adjectives
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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
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Noun edit
szlachta f (uncountable)
- Szlachta (the nobility of Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania)