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lapti

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A pair of the old traditional East Slavic (especially Russian) bast shoes, an obsolete traditional footwear of forest areas of Northern Europe, formerly worn by poorer members of the Finnic peoples, Balts, and East Slavs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Russian ла́пти (lápti), singular ла́поть (lápotʹ).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: сабата (sabata) — bast shoes
  • Belarusian: ла́паць (lápacʹ) — bast shoes
  • Belarusian: ла́пці (lápci) — bast shoes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 椴樹皮鞋 /椴树皮鞋 (duànshù píxié) — bast shoes
  • Chuvash: ҫӑпата (śăp̬at̬a) — bast shoes
  • Czech: láptě — bast shoes
  • Esperanto: bastoŝuoj — bast shoes
  • Esperanto: bastoŝuo — bast shoes
  • Finnish: niinivirsu — bast shoes
  • Finnish: niinivirsut — bast shoes
  • French: lapti — bast shoes
  • German: Bastschuhe — bast shoes
  • German: Bastschuh — bast shoes
  • Ingrian: lapti — bast shoes
  • Ingrian: versu — bast shoes
  • Japanese: ラプティ (raputi) — bast shoes
  • Karelian: virzu — bast shoes
  • Karelian: virzut — bast shoes
  • Kazakh: шәрке (şärke) — bast shoes
  • Korean: 랍티 (rapti) — bast shoes
  • Polish: łapcie — bast shoes
  • Polish: postoły — bast shoes
  • Russian: ла́поть (lápotʹ) — bast shoes
  • Russian: ла́пти (lápti) — bast shoes
  • Tatar: чабата (çabata) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: лича́к (lyčák) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: личаки́ (lyčaký) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: ла́поть (lápotʹ) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: ла́пті (lápti) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: пості́л (postíl) — bast shoes
  • Ukrainian: посто́ли (postóly) — bast shoes
  • Veps: virzu — bast shoes
  • Veps: virzud — bast shoes