патака

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• pataka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

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