Meanings
nounlapti (uncountable)
- uncountableA 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.
Synonyms: bast shoes
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Similar
bast shoes
Origin
- Russianла́пти
- Englishlapti
From Russian ла́пти (lápti), singular ла́поть (lápotʹ).
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Chinese Mandarin 椴樹皮鞋 /椴树皮鞋
- 椴樹皮鞋 /椴树皮鞋 (duànshù píxié)bast shoes
Czech láptě
- láptěbast shoes
Esperanto bastoŝuoj, bastoŝuo
- bastoŝuojbast shoes
- bastoŝuobast shoes
Finnish niinivirsu, niinivirsut
- niinivirsubast shoes
- niinivirsutbast shoes
French lapti
- laptibast shoes
German Bastschuhe, Bastschuh
- Bastschuhebast shoes
- Bastschuhbast shoes
Japanese ラプティ
- ラプティ (raputi)bast shoes
Korean 랍티
- 랍티 (rapti)bast shoes
Polish łapcie, postoły
- łapciebast shoes
- postołybast shoes
Russian ла́поть, ла́пти
- ла́поть (lápotʹ)bast shoes
- ла́пти (lápti)bast shoes
Ukrainian лича́к, личаки́
- лича́к (lyčák)bast shoes
- личаки́ (lyčaký)bast shoes
- ла́поть (lápotʹ)bast shoes
- ла́пті (lápti)bast shoes
- пості́л (postíl)bast shoes
- посто́ли (postóly)bast shoes
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Cite this entry
APA
lapti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapti
MLA
“lapti.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapti. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lapti,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapti.
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