Bulgarian

Noun

лопата • ‎(lopáta) f

1. spade
2. shovel
3. dustpan
4. shovel, peel
5. oar
6. scull
7. paddle
8. backhoe
9. shovelful, spadeful

Inflection

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Noun

лопата • ‎(lopata) f

1. shovel, spade

Inflection

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰾⱁⱂⰰⱅⰰ ‎(lopata)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Noun

лопата • ‎(lopata) f

1. spade
2. shovel

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Noun

лопата ‎(lopata) f

1. shovel, spade

Descendants

• Belarusian: лапата ‎(lapáta)
• Russian: лопа́та ‎(lopáta)
• Ukrainian: лопа́та ‎(lopáta)

References

• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1902), “лопата”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 47

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɐˈpatə]

Noun

лопа́та • ‎(lopáta) f inan ‎(genitive лопа́ты, nominative plural лопа́ты, genitive plural лопа́т)

1. spade, shovel
2. (colloquial) punchline

Declension

Related terms

• лопа́тка f ‎(lopátka)
• лопатоно́с m ‎(lopatonós)
• совко́вая лопа́та f ‎(sovkóvaja lopáta)
• штыкова́я лопа́та f ‎(štykovája lopáta)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒpata/
• Hyphenation: ло‧па‧та

Noun

ло̀пата f ‎(Latin spelling lòpata)

1. shovel

Declension

References

• “лопата” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɔˈpɑtɐ]

Noun

лопа́та • ‎(lopáta) f inan ‎(genitive лопа́ти, nominative plural лопа́ти)

1. spade (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Declension

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лопата”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka