Meaning of pātaga | Babel Free

Definitions

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)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of pātaga
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular

Equivalents

Examples

“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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