pātaga

Borrowed from Russian пото́г (potóg, “stick, club”), a dialectal variant of standard Russian бато́г (batóg), from бат (bat, “stick, club”). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries, already in its modern form and with its modern meaning.[1]

• IPA^(key): [pàːtaɡa]

pātaga f (4th declension)

1. whip, lash, knout (tool, usually a flexible rod, often with a rope, for hiting animals, people, etc., in order to incite them to work, or to punish them)

   gana pātaga ― shepherd's whip

   ādas pātaga ― leather whip

   dresētāja pātaga ― (animal) tamer's whip

   uzšaut ar pātaga ― to lash with the whip

   jājama pātaga, jājampātaga ― riding whip

   zirgs, no negaidītā pātagas cirtiena sāpēs salēcies, rāvās uz priekšu ― the horse, jumping from the pain of the unexpected whiplash, pulled forward

   viņš nekad nebūtu ticējis, ka Erna spēj būt pret viņu tik salta un skarba; ik vārdam cirta pretī kā ar pātagu ― he would never have believed that Erna could be so cold and harsh toward him; with every word she struck as if with a whip

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