лѧхъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lęxъ.

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ̃xʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲaxʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈlʲax/
    • Hyphenation: лѧ‧хъ

Noun

лѧхъ (lęxŭ) m (related adjective лѧдьскъ)

  1. Lechite; Pole
  2. (in the plural) Poland (a country in Europe)
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 160:
      ѿтуда пакꙑ на лѣто володимерю ѡпѧть· та посла мѧ с҃тославъ в лѧхꙑ
      otŭtuda paky na lěto volodimerju opętĭ· ta posla mę s:toslavŭ v lęxy
      thence again to Volodimir for the summer; and Svyatoslav sent me to Poland

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: лѧхъ, лєхъ
    • Belarusian: лях (ljax)
    • Rusyn: Лях (Ljax)
    • Ukrainian: лях (ljax)
    • Czech: Ľach (dialectal)
    • Polish: Lach
    • Romanian: leah
  • Russian: лях (ljax) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Lithuanian:

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • лꙗхъ, ліахъ, лєхъ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic лѧхъ (lęxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *lęxъ, from *lęděninъ.[1][2][3][4] Cognate with Russian лях (ljax).

Noun

лѧхъ (transliteration needed) m pers (nominative plural лѧ́хи or лѧ́хы)

  1. Pole, Polish man, Polack
    Synonym: полѧ́къ
  2. (in the plural) Polish people
  3. (in the plural) Poland (a country in Europe); Rzeczpospolita, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  4. (in the plural) Polish army

Derived terms

  • Лѧхъ (surname)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: лях (ljax)
  • Rusyn: Лях (Ljax)
  • Ukrainian: лях (ljax)
  • Czech: Ľach (dialectal)
  • Polish: Lach
  • Romanian: leah

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), *lęxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 57
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), лях”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 343
  3. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982), лях”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volume 2 (Д – Ь), issue 12–22, Ottawa: Ukr. Mohylo-Mazepian Acad. of Sci. & Ukr. Lang. Assoc., →LCCN, page 788: “MUk. ляхъ (1736)”
  4. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1990), лях₁”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volume 6 (лі́ра – мая́чыць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 144

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