Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-uľa

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

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    Suffix

    *-uľa f

    1. Creates female names for cows
      *kozuľa*koza (she-goat)
      *krasuľa*krasa
      *květuľa*květъ (flower)
      *meduľa*medъ (honey)
      *pisuľa*pisati (to paint, write)?
      *mizuľa*mizati
      *mazuľa*mazati (to smear, anoint)

    Declension

    Declension of *-uľa (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *-uľa *-uľi *-uľę̇
    genitive *-uľę̇ *-uľu *-uľь
    dative *-uľi *-uľama *-uľamъ
    accusative *-uľǫ *-uľi *-uľę̇
    instrumental *-uľejǫ, *-uľǫ** *-uľama *-uľami
    locative *-uľi *-uľu *-uľasъ, *-uľaxъ*
    vocative *-uľe *-uľi *-uľę̇

    * -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).

    See also

    • *-uxa, *-uša
    • *-oxa
    • *-ana

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    See derived terms

    References

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kozulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 26
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krasulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*květulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 162
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*medulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 60
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mizulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mazulja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 32