Borrowed fromPolishłaty or independently formed as a lemmatized plural ofла́та(láta,“patch”); in either case, ultimately fromProto-Slavic*lata,*olta(“rag, cloth shred”). First attested 16th century. Sense development: “leather armor with small metal plates (‘patches’) sown onto it for additional protection” → “cuirass of metal plate”.
ла́ты• (láty) f inan pl (genitiveлат,plural only,relational adjectiveла́тный)
- (historical)metalcuirass
- Synonym:па́нцирь(páncirʹ)
- (historical)platearmor
- Synonym:ла́тныйдоспе́х(látnyj dospéx)
- (figuratively)corset
| plural |
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| nominative | ла́ты
láty |
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| genitive | ла́т
lát |
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| dative | ла́там
látam |
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| accusative | ла́ты
láty |
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| instrumental | ла́тами
látami |
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| prepositional | ла́тах
látax |
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ла́ты• (láty) f inan orf inan pl
- inflection ofла́та(láta):
- genitivesingular
- nominative/accusativeplural
ла́ты• (láty) m inan pl
- nominative/accusativeplural ofлат(lat)
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лата”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M.,Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “латы”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9(Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press,→ISBN Invalid ISBN, page38
