Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padorga
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *pa- + Proto-Balto-Slavic *dárˀgāˀ, likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dark, dusky”). Cognate with Lithuanian dárga, dargà.
Noun
*padorga f[1]
Declension
Declension of *padorga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *padorga | *padordzě | *padorgy |
| genitive | *padorgy | *padorgu | *padorgъ |
| dative | *padordzě | *padorgama | *padorgamъ |
| accusative | *padorgǫ | *padordzě | *padorgy |
| instrumental | *padorgojǫ, *padorgǫ** | *padorgama | *padorgami |
| locative | *padordzě | *padorgu | *padorgasъ, *padorgaxъ* |
| vocative | *padorgo | *padordzě | *padorgy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *nadorga (“bad weather”)
- *sǫdorga/*sǫdьrga (“hail”)
- *dьrča (“bad weather”)
- *drěgavъ, *drězgavъ (“dim, murky, unclear”)
- *drězga (“murky, densely packed space; bush, hurst”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: падорога (padoroga)
Further reading
- “darga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*padorga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “f. ā ‘bad weather’”