Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padorga

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]

  1. bad weather
    Synonyms: *dъžďь, *dьrča

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).

  • *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

  1. ^ 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’”
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