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Bulgarian
Etymology
Built upon the instrumental suffix Proto-Slavic *-dlo on verbs with u- or ova-conjugation, with addition of the diminutive suffix -ка (-ka).
Suffix
-улка • (-ulka) f
- Deverbal, forming feminine instrumental or effect nouns.
- гъдувам (gǎduvam, “to play a melody/refrain”) → гъдулка (gǎdulka, “gadulka”)
- висвам (visvam, “to hang”) → висулка (visulka, “hood”)
- 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”)
Macedonian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-улка • (-ulka) f
- 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
-улка • (-ulka) impf
- 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