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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrga
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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
After Snoj, from *pьržiti (“to fry, to roast”).
Vasmer connected it with *prygati (“to jump”), Lithuanian proga (“sprout”), Sanskrit पराग (parāga, “pollen”) based on the meaning “beebread”, which however, more parsimoniously, can be presumed transferred from a human meal to the animal world.
Inflection
Declension of *pьrga (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pьrga | *pьrdzě | *pьrgy |
| genitive | *pьrgy | *pьrgu | *pьrgъ |
| dative | *pьrdzě | *pьrgama | *pьrgamъ |
| accusative | *pьrgǫ | *pьrdzě | *pьrgy |
| instrumental | *pьrgojǫ, *pьrgǫ** | *pьrgama | *pьrgami |
| locative | *pьrdzě | *pьrgu | *pьrgasъ, *pьrgaxъ* |
| vocative | *pьrgo | *pьrdzě | *pьrgy |
* -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).
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “pŕga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перга́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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