лапоть

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lapъtь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɫapətʲ]
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  • Homophone: ла́пать (lápatʹ)

Noun

ла́поть • (lápotʹ) m 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 an outdated, cumbersome, awkward thing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

  • лапото́к (lapotók), лапти́шка (laptíška), ла́потка (lápotka), лапото́чек (lapotóček), ла́потник (lápotnik), ла́потница (lápotnica)
  • ла́потный (lápotnyj), безла́потный (bezlápotnyj)

Descendants

  • Ingrian: lapti
  • Polish: łapeć

References

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