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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *latъka. By surface analysis, ла́та (láta, patch) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

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ла́тка (látkaf inan (genitive ла́тки, nominative plural ла́тки, genitive plural ла́ток)

  1. (colloquial) patch
    Synonym: запла́та (zapláta)
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Etymology 2

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Латка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *laty; cognate with Bulgarian ла́твица (látvica, jug), Slovene látva (saucer), Old Polish ɫatka.

Noun

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ла́тка (látkaf inan (genitive ла́тки, nominative plural ла́тки, genitive plural ла́ток)

  1. (Saint Petersburg, Northern Russia) casserole, braiser, oval-shaped Dutch oven (oval-shaped cookware for baking, braising, roasting, or stewing)
    Synonyms: утя́тница (utjátnica), гуся́тница (gusjátnica)
  2. (Northern Russia) casserole (food)
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Descendants
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  • Ingrian: laatka
  • Votic: laatkõ

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “латка”, 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), “латка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 37
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