Old Church Slavonic

Noun

тать • ‎(tatĭ) m

1. thief

Derived terms

• татьба ‎(tatĭba)
  • татьбина ‎(tatĭbina)

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic тать ‎(tatĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tatь ‎(“thief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tatʲ]

Noun

тать • ‎(tatʹ) m anim ‎(genitive та́тя, nominative plural та́ти, genitive plural та́тей)

1. (archaic, poetic) thief

Declension

Synonyms

• вор ‎(vor)

Related terms

• таи́ть ‎(taítʹ)

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “тать”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress