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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German schacht.
Noun
šachta f
- shaft, chute (vertical passage)
Declension
Declension of šachta (hard feminine reducible)
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Middle Low German schacht, most likely via Russian ша́хта (šáxta).
Noun
šachtà f (plural šachtos) stress pattern 2
- mine
- nusileisti į šachtą ― to descend into the mine
- shaft
- šachtos vamzdis ― shaft pipe
Declension
References
- “šachta”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “šachta”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024