See also: татъ

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *tatь (thief).

Noun edit

тать (tatĭm

  1. thief
    • from the Story of Ahikar:
      с҃ноу, боле ты ѥ да инь у тебе оукрадѣть нежели ти тать наречши се.
      s:nu, bole ty je da inĭ u tebe ukradětĭ neželi ti tatĭ narečši se.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic тать (tatĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tatь (thief).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

тать (tatʹm anim (genitive та́тя, nominative plural та́ти, genitive plural та́тей)

  1. (archaic, poetic) thief
    Synonym: вор (vor)

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References edit

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