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

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-uľa

Descendants

See derived terms

References

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