Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Polish łata, from Middle High German latte; cognate with English lath, German Latte.

Noun edit

ла́та (látaf inan (genitive ла́ты, nominative plural ла́ты, genitive plural лат)

  1. (construction, regional) lath
    Synonym: пла́нка (plánka)
  2. (nautical) batten (for a sail)
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Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lata, *olta (rag, cloth shred); cognate with Bulgarian латица (latica), Czech lata, Macedonian алтица (altica), Polish łata, Serbo-Croatian ла̏тица (petal).

Noun edit

ла́та (látaf inan (genitive ла́ты, nominative plural ла́ты, genitive plural лат)

  1. (Southern Russia) patch (of cloth)
    Synonyms: запла́та (zapláta), ла́тка (látka)
  2. (historical) yellow badge (yellow Star of David-shaped patch required to be worn by Jews in Nazi-controlled territories)
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ла́та (látam inan

  1. genitive singular of лат (lat)

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лата”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “латка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 37