Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrga

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 *pьržiti (“to fry, to roast”).

Noun

*pьrga f

roasted victuals ground and pulped together

Inflection

Declension of *pьrga (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pьrga	*pьrdzě	*pьrgy
Accusative	*pьrgǫ	*pьrdzě	*pьrgy
Genitive	*pьrgy	*pьrgu	*pьrgъ
Locative	*pьrdzě	*pьrgu	pьrgasъ, pьrgaxъ^*
Dative	*pьrdzě	*pьrgama	*pьrgamъ
Instrumental	pьrgojǫ, pьrgǫ^**	*pьrgama	*pьrgami
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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пьрга (pĭrga)
  - Belarusian: пярга́ (pjarhá)
  - Russian: перга́ (pergá)
  - Ukrainian: перга́ (perhá)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пръга (prŭga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пр̏га, пр́га
  
  Latin: pȑga, pŕga
- Slovene: pŕga
West Slavic:
- Czech: prha
- Polish: pierzga
- Slovak: perga

Borrowed from some Slavic language:
- → Romanian: pârgă
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: перга
  
  Latin: perga

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “pŕga”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перга́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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