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. 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).

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