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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/padorga
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From *pa- + Proto-Balto-Slavic *dárˀgāˀ, likely from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“dark, dusky”). Cognate with Lithuanian dárga, dargà.
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
    
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, →ISSN, page 389: “f. ā ‘bad weather’”
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