-ulja

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• Does not take stress. The stress falls on the antepenultimate syllable of the derived word, and the stressed syllable is always short with rising tone.

Suffix

-ulja (Cyrillic spelling -уља)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine noun, usually a pejorative for woman, animal, plant or object.

   ‎vlȃs (“single hair”) + ‎-ulja → ‎vlàsulja (“wig”)

   ‎žáriti (“to emit heat”) + ‎-ulja → ‎žàrulja (“lightbulb”)

   ‎krȋv (“curved”) + ‎-ulja → ‎krìvulja (“curve”)

   ‎mȑk (“dark”) + ‎-ulja → ‎mr̀kulja (“dark-haired cow”)

   ‎páhati (“to flutter”) + ‎-ulja → ‎pàhulja (“snowflake”)

   ‎pòbjeći (“to run away”) + ‎-ulja → ‎pobjègulja (“runaway”)

   ‎pȑžiti (“to roast”) + ‎-ulja → ‎pr̀žulja (“roasting dish”)

   ‎ròsa (“dew”) + ‎-ulja → ‎ròsulja (“sundew”)

   ‎crijȇp (“roof tile”) + ‎-ulja → ‎crèpulja (“clay dish”)

   ‎čìtati (“to read”) + ‎-ulja → ‎čìtulja (“obituary”)

   upìšati se (“to piss oneself”) + -ulja → upìšulja (mildly vulgar for “little girl”)

   Bȃčkā (geographical region in Serbia) + -ulja → Bàčkulja (surname)

   tŕkati (“to run”) + -ulja → Tr̀kulja (surname)

   bȕkva (“beech”) + -ulja → Bùkulja (mountain in Serbia)

   žȅga (“hotness”) + -ulja → Žègulja (place in Herzegovina)