палаш

па́ле (pále, “puppy, small dog”) +‎ -аш (-aš)

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫaʃ]

пала́ш • (paláš) m

1. small-size hunting dog (e.g. beagle, foxhound)
2. (figurative) snitch, beagle (person who secretly follows a target and reports on their actions)

   Synonym: копо́й (kopój)

• ло́вно ку́че (lóvno kúče, “hunting dog”)

• “палаш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “палаш”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• плаша (plaša)

Borrowed from Polish pałasz, from Hungarian pallos.

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈɫaʂ]

пала́ш • (paláš) m inan (genitive палаша́, nominative plural палаши́, genitive plural палаше́й)

1. backsword, single-edged broadsword (used by heavy cavalry)

• са́бля (sáblja)
• ша́шка (šáška)
• шпа́га (špága)

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