Geißel

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. (Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland, feminine) synonym of Peitsche (“whip”)
2. (feminine) scourge (whip used for flagellation)
3. (feminine, figuratively) scourge (persistent source of harm, especially when seen as divine punishment)
4. (feminine) flagellum

Sinonimai

Peitsche

Karbatsche

Plette

Gerte

Plage

Heimsuchung

Schicksalsschlag

Schlag

Unglück

Unheil

Verhängnis

Wimper

Unstern

Flagellum

Cilie

Bürde

Unsegen

Fluch

Last

Prüfung

Reitgerte

Rute

Vertimai

scourge

gesel

whip

azote

fouet

flagelo

kırbaç

flagellum

flagello

flagelo

fléau

plaag

سوط

açoite

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈɡaɪ̯səl/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Aukštosios Vokietijos: geisel

Paveldėta iš senoji Aukštosios Vokietijos: geisila

Sutampa su olandų: gesel

In summary

From Middle High German geisel(e), from Old High German geisila (“whip”). Cognate with Dutch gesel. The spelling with -ß- reflects sporadic devoicing; compare the frequent pronunciations of niesen or Preiselbeere. Its use for distinguishing between Geißel and Geisel (“hostage”) is an arbitrary convention, which fully established itself only around 1900. (The two words are not related but became merged in Early Modern German.)