лапоть
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapъtь.
Pronunciation
Noun
ла́поть • (lápotʹ) m inan (genitive ла́птя, nominative plural ла́пти, genitive plural лапте́й)
- bast shoe, bast sandal, lapti
- an outdated, cumbersome, awkward thing
- ignorant, uneducated person, dropout (who might wear cheap, bast shoes)
Declension
Declension of ла́поть (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-e reduc)
Related terms
- лапото́к (lapotók), лапти́шка (laptíška), ла́потка (lápotka), лапото́чек (lapotóček), ла́потник (lápotnik), ла́потница (lápotnica)
- ла́потный (lápotnyj), безла́потный (bezlápotnyj)
Descendants
- → Ingrian: lapti
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лапоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress