патака

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic патока (patoka), equivalent to па- (pa-, “later, secondary”) + тока (toka), feminine form of токъ (tokŭ, “flow”). Cognate to Russian па́тока (pátoka). Related to цячы́ (cjačý).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpataka]

Noun

па́така • (pátaka) f inan (genitive па́такі, nominative plural па́такі, genitive plural па́так)

  1. molasses, treacle
    Synonym: (dark molasses) мэля́са (meljása)
    сало́дка як па́така ― salódka jak pátaka ― sweet like molasses

Declension
Declension of па́така (inan velar fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative па́така
pátaka		 па́такі
pátaki
genitive па́такі
pátaki		 па́так
pátak
dative па́тацы
pátacy		 па́такам
pátakam
accusative па́таку
pátaku		 па́такі
pátaki
instrumental па́такай, па́такаю
pátakaj, pátakaju		 па́такамі
pátakami
locative па́тацы
pátacy		 па́таках
pátakax
count form — па́такі1
pátaki1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Descendants
  • → Yiddish: פּאַטיקע (patike), פּאַטעקע (pateke)

References
  • “патака” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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