латы

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɫatɨ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish łaty or independently formed as a lemmatized plural of ла́та (láta, “patch”); in either case, ultimately from Proto-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”.

Noun

ла́ты • (láty) f inan pl (genitive лат, plural only, relational adjective ла́тный)

  1. (historical) metal cuirass
    Synonym: па́нцирь (páncirʹ)
  2. (historical) plate armor
    Synonym: ла́тный доспе́х (látnyj dospéx)
  3. (figuratively) corset
Declension
Declension of ла́ты (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative ла́ты
láty
genitive ла́т
lát
dative ла́там
látam
accusative ла́ты
láty
instrumental ла́тами
látami
prepositional ла́тах
látax
Derived terms
  • ла́тник (látnik)

Noun

ла́ты • (láty) f inan or f inan pl

  1. inflection of ла́та (láta):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Noun

ла́ты • (láty) m inan pl

  1. nominative/accusative plural 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), “латы”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 38
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