karogs

An old, pre-13th-century borrowing from Old East Slavic хоругы (xorugy, “flag, banner”). Often connected with the (etymologically unrelated) word karot (“to wage war”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [kaɾuōks]

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karogs m (1st declension)

1. banner, flag (a piece of fabric with a distinctive design used as a sign or symbol)

   Latvijas karogs ― flag of Latvia

   karoga kārts ― flagpole

   nest karogu ― to carry, to fly a flag

   kuģa karogs ― flag, colours of the ship

   karoga emblēma, uzraksts ― flag emblem, inscription

   balts, melns, sarkans karogs ― white, black, red flag

   pacelt, nolaist karogu ― to hoist, to lower the flag

   karogs (nolaists) pusmastā ― flag (down) at half-mast

   pulka, biedrības karogs ― regimental banner, association flag

2. a belief or idea that brings people together

   zem (kā) karoga ― under the flag, banner (of something)

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