Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ulybъka

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

From *ulybati, *ulybnǫti (“to smile”) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*ulybъka f

1. smile

Inflection

Declension of *ulybъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ulybъka	*ulybъcě	*ulybъky
genitive	*ulybъky	*ulybъku	*ulybъkъ
dative	*ulybъcě	*ulybъkama	*ulybъkamъ
accusative	*ulybъkǫ	*ulybъcě	*ulybъky
instrumental	*ulybъkojǫ, *ulybъkǫ**	*ulybъkama	*ulybъkami
locative	*ulybъcě	*ulybъku	*ulybъkasъ, *ulybъkaxъ*
vocative	*ulybъko	*ulybъcě	*ulybъky

^* -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).

Related terms

• *lybiti, *lyběti
  • *lybědь
  • *lybonь
  • *lybotati, *lybětati
  • *ulybati, *ulybnǫti
• *lъbъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Russian: улы́бка (ulýbka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: ули́пка (ulípka) (dialectal)