шлях

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• šlach — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Via Polish szlach (now more commonly szlak) or directly from Middle Low German slach (“beat, strike, hit”). Cognates include Ukrainian шлях (šljax)

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Noun

шлях • (šljax) m inan (genitive шля́ху, nominative plural шляхі́, genitive plural шляхо́ў)

1. way, path, road

   Synonyms: даро́га (daróha), пуць (pucʹ)

Declension

References

• “шлях” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Alternative forms

• шляхъ (šljax) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian шлях (šljax) or Belarusian шлях (šljax), cf. Polish szlach or szlak.

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Noun

шлях • (šljax) m inan (genitive шля́ха, nominative plural шляхи́ or шля́хи, genitive plural шляхо́в or шля́хов)

1. (historical, Ukraine, Southern Russia) path, steppe road

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Via Polish szlach (now more commonly szlak) or directly from Middle Low German slach (“beat, strike, hit”). For the semantics compare би́та доро́га (býta doróha), from бити (byty, “to beat”), дорога (doroha, “way, road”). Cognates include Belarusian шлях (šljax).

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Noun

шлях • (šljax) m inan (genitive шля́ху, nominative plural шляхи́, genitive plural шляхі́в)

1. way, path

   Synonyms: доро́га (doróha), путь (putʹ)

Declension

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шлях”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “шлях”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “шлях”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “шлях”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)