Meaning of -алка | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Deverbal, forming feminine instrumental or effect nouns.
   feminine, morpheme
2. Denominal, forming feminine instrumental or resultant nouns.
   feminine, morpheme
3. Denominal, forming feminine instrumental or effect nouns, probably via an intermediate (often obsolete) factitive verb.
   feminine, morpheme

Examples

“бухам (buham, “to bat, to swat”) → бухалка (buhalka, “bat, paddle”)”

“закачам (zakačam, “to hang over, to hook”) → закачалка (zakačalka, “hanger, peg”)”

“пръскам (prǎskam, “to sparkle, to spray”) → пръскалка (prǎskalka, “sprayer”)”

“тупам (tupam, “to beat, to stomp”) → тупалка (tupalka, “beater”)”

“гриза (griza, “to bite, to fret”) (a/V-conj.) → гризалка (grizalka, “pacifier; small snack”)”

“снова (snova, “to shunt”) (a/V-conj.) → сновалка (snovalka, “shuttle”)”

“ближа (bliža, “to lick”) (a/j-conj.) → близалка (blizalka, “lollipop”)”

“пиша (piša, “to write”) (a/j-conj.) → писалка (pisalka, “pen”)”

“пърз (pǎrz, “slip”) → *пързам (*pǎrzam) → пързалка (pǎrzalka, “pen”)”

“ключ (ključ, “key”) → ключая (ključaja, “to clink”) (obsolete) → ключалка (ključalka, “latch, keyhole”)”

“бръмча (brǎmča, “to buzz”) (ě/i-conj.) → бръмчалка (brǎmčalka, “buzzer”)”

“запуша (zapuša, “to tap, to clog”) (ě/i-conj.) → запушалка (zapušalka, “plug”)”

“вързал (vǎrzal, “knot”) → вързалка (vǎrzalka, “node, tie; elaborate scheme”)”

“търкал (tǎrkal, “roll, nudge”) → търкалка (tǎrkalka, “rolling, tumbling”)”

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