лях

• IPA^(key): [lʲax]

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from *lęděninъ.

лях • (ljax) m anim (genitive ля́ха, nominative plural ля́хи, genitive plural ля́хов, feminine ля́шка)

1. (historical, now sometimes slightly derogatory or ironic, ethnic slur) Pole, Polish man, Polack

   Synonym: (regular term) поля́к (polják)

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Preobrazhensky Regiment March”, anonymous lyricist, anonymous composer:

     Славны были наши деды,
     Помнят их и швед, и лях!

     Slavny byli naši dedy,
     Pomnjat ix i šved, i ljax!

     Our forefathers are glorious:
     The Swedes and Poles remember them!

• → Armeno-Kipchak: լեհ (leh), լեխ (lex, “Pole”), Լեհ (Leh, “Poland”)
• → Karaim: leh / лех (“Pole”)
• → Crimean Tatar: Leh / Лех (“Poland”)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ля́х • (ljáx) f inan

1. genitive plural of ля́ха (ljáxa)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian лѧхъ (ljax), from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from *lęděninъ.

• IPA^(key): [lʲax]

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лях • (ljax) m pers (genitive ля́ха, nominative plural ля́хи, genitive plural ля́хів, female equivalent ля́шка, diminutive ляшо́к)

1. (historical, now sometimes slightly derogatory or ironic) Pole, Polish man, Polack

   Synonym: (regular term) поля́к (polják)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лях”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “лях”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN