szlachta

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.

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)