different between poland vs szlachta

English

Etymology

Polish szlachta

Noun

szlachta

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

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German slahte (“genus, kind, species, race”) (compare German Geschlecht).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lax.ta/

Noun

szlachta f

1. (collective, historical) nobility

Declension

Derived terms

• szlachcic
• szlachecki
• szlachetny

Descendants

• ? Old East Slavic: ?????? (šl?xta)
  • Belarusian: ??????? (šljáxta)
  • Russian: ??????? (šljáxta)
  • Ukrainian: ??????? (šljáxta)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1973) , “??????”, in Etimologi?eskij slovar? russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Truba?óv, Moscow: Progress, page 457
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) S?ownik etymologiczny j?zyka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 550

Portuguese

Etymology

From Polish szlachta.

Noun

szlachta f (uncountable)

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