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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Polish łata, from Middle High German latte; cognate with English lath, German Latte.
Noun
ла́та • (láta) f inan (genitive ла́ты, nominative plural ла́ты, genitive plural лат)
- (construction, regional) lath
- Synonym: пла́нка (plánka)
- (nautical) batten (for a sail)
Declension
Etymology 2
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
ла́та • (láta) f inan (genitive ла́ты, nominative plural ла́ты, genitive plural лат)
- (Southern Russia) patch (of cloth)
- Synonyms: запла́та (zapláta), ла́тка (látka)
- (historical) yellow badge (yellow Star of David-shaped patch required to be worn by Jews in Nazi-controlled territories)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
ла́та • (láta) m inan
- genitive singular of лат (lat)
Further reading
- 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