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)

Etymology 2

Noun

ла́ты • (láty) f inan or f inan pl

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

Etymology 3

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 , page 38