probably with the original sense of “stump, stalk”; compare Ukrainian <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočerhá), кучу́рга (kučúrga), Polish koczarga, Belarusian качарга́ (kačarhá)...
IPA(key): [ˈstarəjə kət͡ɕɪrˈɡa] ста́рая <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> • (stáraja kočergá) f anim (genitive ста́рой кочерги́, nominative plural ста́рые кочерги́, genitive plural...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡojʊ] кочерго́ю • (kočergóju) f inan instrumental singular of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡu] кочергу́ • (kočergú) f inan accusative singular of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡamʲɪ] кочерга́ми • (kočergámi) f inan pl instrumental plural of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡax] кочерга́х • (kočergáx) f inan pl prepositional plural of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡʲe] кочерге́ • (kočergé) f inan dative/prepositional singular of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡam] кочерга́м • (kočergám) f inan pl dative plural of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡoj] кочерго́й • (kočergój) f inan instrumental singular of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá)...
IPA(key): [kət͡ɕɪrˈɡʲi] кочерги́ • (kočergí) f inan or f inan pl inflection of <span class="searchmatch">кочерга́</span> (kočergá): genitive singular nominative/accusative plural...