полата

Bulgarian

Полата на покрива на хотел в Ню Йорк

Etymology

Semantic specialization of Old Church Slavonic полата (polata, “palace”), of Latin origin. Diachronic doublet of later пала́т (palát).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈɫatɐ]

Noun

пола́та • (poláta) f

1. (dated, architecture) open exterior platform at the roof of buildings used for rest and recreation (sort of roof terrace)

   Synonyms: (partially) чарда́к (čardák), кьошк (kjošk), и́злез (ízlez)

   Antonym: вера́нда (veránda, “roofed platform”)

Declension

Declension of пола́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	пола́та poláta	пола́ти poláti
definite	пола́тата polátata	пола́тите polátite

Alternative forms

• пула́та (puláta) — dialectal, with narrowing of unstressed -o-

Derived terms

• пола́тица (polática, “decorated balcony, small terrace”)

References

• “пулата”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “полата”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 493
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пола́та”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 146

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin palātium, likely via intermediate Byzantine Greek παλάτιον (palátion).

Noun

полата • (polata) f

1. palace

Declension

Declension of полата (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	полата polata	полатѣ polatě	полатꙑ polaty
genitive	полатꙑ polaty	полатоу polatu	полатъ polatŭ
dative	полатѣ polatě	полатама polatama	полатамъ polatamŭ
accusative	полатѫ polatǫ	полатѣ polatě	полатꙑ polaty
instrumental	полатоѭ polatojǫ	полатама polatama	полатами polatami
locative	полатѣ polatě	полатоу polatu	полатахъ polataxŭ
vocative	полато polato	полатѣ polatě	полатꙑ polaty

References

• полата in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
• “полата”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024