палаш

Bulgarian

Палаш

Etymology

па́ле (pále, “puppy, small dog”) +‎ -аш (-aš)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫaʃ]

Noun

пала́ш • (paláš) m

1. small-size hunting dog (e.g. beagle, foxhound)
2. (figurative) snitch, beagle (person who secretly follows a target and reports on their actions)

   Synonym: копо́й (kopój)

Declension

Declension of пала́ш

	singular	plural
indefinite	пала́ш paláš	пала́ши paláši
definite (subject form)	пала́шът palášǎt	пала́шите palášite
definite (object form)	пала́ша paláša
count form	—	пала́ша paláša

Hypernyms

• ло́вно ку́че (lóvno kúče, “hunting dog”)

References

• “палаш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “палаш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• плаша (plaša)

Russian

Палаш

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pałasz, from Hungarian pallos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫaʂ]

Noun

пала́ш • (paláš) m inan (genitive палаша́, nominative plural палаши́, genitive plural палаше́й)

1. backsword, single-edged broadsword (used by heavy cavalry)

Declension

Declension of пала́ш (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пала́ш paláš	палаши́ palaší
genitive	палаша́ palašá	палаше́й palašéj
dative	палашу́ palašú	палаша́м palašám
accusative	пала́ш paláš	палаши́ palaší
instrumental	палашо́м palašóm	палаша́ми palašámi
prepositional	палаше́ palašé	палаша́х palašáx

Coordinate terms

• са́бля (sáblja)
• ша́шка (šáška)
• шпа́га (špága)

References

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