полата

Bulgarian

Полата на покрива на хотел в Ню Йорк

Etymology

Semantic specialization of Old Church Slavonic полата (polata, “palace”), of Latin origin. Diachronic doublet of later пала́т (palát).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈɫatɐ]

Noun

пола́та • (poláta) f

1. (dated, architecture) open exterior platform at the roof of buildings used for rest and recreation (sort of roof terrace)

   Synonyms: (partially) чарда́к (čardák), кьошк (kjošk), и́злез (ízlez)

   Antonym: вера́нда (veránda, “roofed platform”)

Declension

Declension of пола́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	пола́та poláta	пола́ти poláti
definite	пола́тата polátata	пола́тите polátite

Alternative forms

• пула́та (puláta) — dialectal, with narrowing of unstressed -o-

Derived terms

• пола́тица (polática, “decorated balcony, small terrace”)

References

• “пулата”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “полата”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 493
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пола́та”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 146

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin palātium, likely via intermediate Byzantine Greek παλάτιον (palátion).

Noun

полата • (polata) f

1. palace

References

• полата in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"