-уля
See also: -уле
Russian
Alternative forms
- -у́лька (-úlʹka) — diminutive
- -ю́ля (-júlja)
Pronunciation
- -у́ля: IPA(key): [ˈulʲə]
Suffix
-у́ля • (-úlja) m anim or f anim by sense or f inan
- Suffix used to form nouns, often colloquial and endearing, from nouns or adjectives. Sometimes a new meaning is imparted.
- ба́ба (bába, “grandmother”) + -у́ля (-úlja) → бабу́ля (babúlja, “granny (affectionate term)”)
- дед (ded, “grandfather”) + -у́ля (-úlja) → деду́ля (dedúlja, “grandad (affectionate term)”)
- ход (xod, “walk, walking”) + -у́ля (-úlja) → ходу́ля (xodúlja, “stilt”)
- чи́стый (čístyj, “clean”) + -ю́ля (-júlja) → чистю́ля (čistjúlja, “clean freak (one who obsesses over cleanliness)”)
- гря́зный (grjáznyj, “dirty”) + -у́ля (-úlja) → грязну́ля (grjaznúlja, “dirty person”)
Declension
Declension of -у́ля (bian fem-form soft-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of -у́ля (bian fem-form soft-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -у́ля -úlja |
-у́ли -úli | |
| genitive | -у́ли -úli |
-у́ль -úlʹ | |
| dative | -у́лѣ -úlě |
-у́лямъ -úljam | |
| accusative | animate | -у́лю -úlju |
-у́ль -úlʹ |
| inanimate | -у́ли -úli | ||
| instrumental | -у́лей, -у́лею -úlej, -úleju |
-у́лями -úljami | |
| prepositional | -у́лѣ -úlě |
-у́ляхъ -úljax | |
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- -у́лька (-úlʹka) — diminutive
- -ю́ля (-júlja)
Etymology
Compare Macedonian -уле (-ule), Russian -уля (-ulja), Latvian -ule, -ulis.
Pronunciation
- -у́ля: IPA(key): [ ˈulʲɐ]
Suffix
-у́ля • (-úlja) m pers or f pers by sense or f inan
- Suffix used to form nouns, often colloquial and endearing, from nouns or adjectives. Sometimes a new meaning is imparted.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -у́ля -úlja |
-у́лі -úli |
| genitive | -у́лі -úli |
-у́ль -úlʹ |
| dative | -у́лі -úli |
-у́лям -úljam |
| accusative | -у́лю -úlju |
-у́ль, -у́лі -úlʹ, -úli |
| instrumental | -у́лею -úleju |
-у́лями -úljamy |
| locative | -у́лі -úli |
-у́лях -úljax |
| vocative | -у́ле -úle |
-у́лі -úli |
Derived terms
References
- Лев Миха́йлович Полю́га [Lev Mykhailovych Poliuha] (2001), Словник українських морфем: близько 40 000 слів [Dictionary of Ukrainian morphemes: close to 40,000 words] (in Ukrainian), Львів [Lviv]: Світ [Svit], →ISBN, page 392