Proto-Nakh: *derc̣
Meaning: 1 drizzling rain 2 bad weather
Chechen: derz 1
Ingush: darz 1
Batsbi: dārc̣ol 2
Comments: Obl. base *darc̣e- (Chech. derza-, Ing. darzo). Differences in vocalism between Chech. and Ing. are explained by vowel levelling of direct/oblique bases. Length of the vowel in Bacbi (Kadagidze gives variants: dārc̣ol, dārc̣ola, dārc̣ina) is unclear (Bacbi does not normally distinguish between short and long vowels, and, anyway, in this case Chechen obviously points to a short vowel in PN). Cf. also dialectal forms with assimilation: Khild. ʒarʒ, Shar. ʒjerʒ, Akk. cjerc. Imnaishvili has a notation for Ing.: djerc: - which points to PN *c̣. The word belongs to the 3d class both in Chech. and in Ing.
