Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lata

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Noun

*lata f

  1. rag?, cloth shred?, patch?

Inflection

Declension of *lata (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lata *latě *laty
genitive *laty *latu *latъ
dative *latě *latama *latamъ
accusative *latǫ *latě *laty
instrumental *latojǫ, *latǫ** *latama *latami
locative *latě *latu *latasъ, *lataxъ*
vocative *lato *latě *laty

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ла́та (láta)
    • Russian: ла́та (láta)
    • Ukrainian: ла́та (láta)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lata
    • Polish: łata
    • Slovak: lаtа, lаttа᾽

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́та”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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