патака
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
па́така • (pátaka) f inan (genitive па́такі, nominative plural па́такі, genitive plural па́так)
- molasses, treacle
- Synonym: (dark molasses) мэля́са (meljása)
- сало́дка як па́така ― salódka jak pátaka ― sweet like molasses
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “патака” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org