-улка

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Built upon the instrumental suffix Proto-Slavic *-dlo on verbs with u- or ova-conjugation, with addition of the diminutive suffix -ка (-ka).

Suffix

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-улка (-ulkaf

  1. Deverbal, forming feminine instrumental or effect nouns.
    гъдувам (gǎduvam, to play a melody/refrain)гъдулка (gǎdulka, gadulka)
    висвам (visvam, to hang)висулка (visulka, hood)
  2. Denominal, forming feminine animal nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) inchoative verb.
    невеста (nevesta, bride, newly wedded)*невестувам (*nevestuvam)невестулка (nevestulka, weasel)
    свят (svjat, world, light)светувам (svetuvam, to light up) (obsolete)светулка (svetulka, firefly)
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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-улка (-ulkaf

  1. Appended to words to create a feminine noun.
    снег m (sneg) + ‎-улка (-ulka) → ‎снегулка f (snegulka)
    свети impf (sveti) + ‎-улка (-ulka) → ‎светулка f (svetulka)
    смрди impf (smrdi) + ‎-улка (-ulka) → ‎смрдулка f (smrdulka)

Suffix

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-улка (-ulkaimpf

  1. Appended to verbs to create a diminutive form.
    криви impf (krivi) + ‎-улка (-ulka) → ‎кривулка impf (krivulka)
    свети impf (sveti) + ‎-улка (-ulka) → ‎светулка impf (svetulka)

Derived terms

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