лях

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

• IPA^(key): [lʲax]

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

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

   Synonym: (regular term) поля́к (polják)

   • n.a., anonymous (lyrics), anonymous (music), “Preobrazhensky Regiment March”:

     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”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: له‎ (leh, “Poland; Pole”)
  • Turkish: Leh
  • → Middle Armenian: լեհ (leh)
    • Armenian: լեհ (leh)

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

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

• IPA^(key): [lʲax]

лях • (ljax) m pers (genitive ля́ха, nominative plural ля́хи, genitive plural ля́хів, feminine 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 (2010–2022), “лях”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN