Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dǫga

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ. Cognate with Latvian dañga (“corner”), Lithuanian dangà (“cover”), dánga, dangùs (“sky, heaven”).

Noun

*dǭgà f[1][2]

  1. arc, arch
  2. rainbow
    Synonyms: *tǫča (West Slavic), *radǫga (East Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *dǭgà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *dǭgà *dǫ̃dzě *dǭgỳ
genitive *dǭgỳ *dǭgù *dǫ̃gъ
dative *dǭdzě̀ *dǭgàma *dǭgàmъ
accusative *dǭgǫ̀ *dǫ̃dzě *dǭgỳ
instrumental *dǭgòjǫ, *dǫ̃gǫ** *dǭgàma *dǭgàmī
locative *dǭdzě̀ *dǭgù *dǭgàsъ, *dǭgàxъ*
vocative *dǫgo *dǫ̃dzě *dǭgỳ

* -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: дѫга (dǫga), дуга (duga)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dǫgà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114: “f. ā ‘arc, arch’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dǫga dǫgy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b arc, hoop; rainbow (NA 93f., 142; PR 135)”
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