шлях

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂlʲax]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. way, path, road
    Synonyms: даро́га (daróha), пуць (pucʹ)

Declension

Descendants

  • Yiddish: שליאַך (shlyakh)

References

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

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂlʲax]

Noun

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

  1. (historical, Ukraine, Southern Russia) path, steppe road
    • 1898, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “III”, in Олеся; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., The Witch (Olyessia), 1916:
      Поблагодари́в стару́ху (на что она́ не обрати́ла ни мале́йшего внима́ния), я спроси́л её́, как мне вы́йти на шлях.
      Poblagodarív starúxu (na što oná ne obratíla ni maléjševo vnimánija), ja sprosíl jejó, kak mne výjti na šljax.
      Thanking the old woman, though she paid me not the least attention, I asked her how I could get back to the 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃlʲax]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. way, path
    Synonyms: доро́га (doróha), путь (putʹ)

Declension

Declension of шлях
(inan velar masc-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative шлях
šljax
шляхи́
šljaxý
genitive шля́ху
šljáxu
шляхі́в
šljaxív
dative шля́хові, шля́ху
šljáxovi, šljáxu
шляха́м
šljaxám
accusative шлях
šljax
шляхи́
šljaxý
instrumental шля́хом, шляхо́м
šljáxom, šljaxóm
шляха́ми
šljaxámy
locative шляху́
šljaxú
шляха́х
šljaxáx
vocative шля́ху
šljáxu
шляхи́
šljaxý

Derived terms

  • Черво́ний Шлях m inan (Červónyj Šljax, toponym)

Descendants

References