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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapъtь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ла́поть (lápotʹm inan (genitive ла́птя, nominative plural ла́пти, genitive plural лапте́й)

  1. bast shoe, bast sandal, lapti
  2. an outdated, cumbersome, awkward thing
  3. ignorant, uneducated person, dropout (who might wear cheap, bast shoes)

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: lapti

References edit

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