мова

• mowa, mova — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

From Old East Slavic мълва (mŭlva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognate with Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”), Russian молва́ (molvá), Czech mluva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmova]

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• Rhymes: -ova
• Hyphenation: мо́‧ва

мо́ва • (móva) f inan (genitive мо́вы, nominative plural мо́вы, genitive plural моў, relational adjective мо́ўны)

1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)

   белару́ская мо́ва ― bjelarúskaja móva ― the Belarusian language; Belarusian

• мовазна́ўства (movaznáŭstva)
• размо́ва (razmóva)
  • размо́віць (razmóvicʹ)
    • размаўля́ць (razmaŭljácʹ)

• “мова” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• мо́лва (mólva) — archaic form

From early мо́лва (mólva) with labiovelarization -olv- > -oŭv- > -ov-, inherited from Old East Slavic мъ́лва (mŭ́lva), from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.[1][2][3][4]

мова • (mova) f inan (related adjective мо́вный)

1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)

   Synonym: ѧзы́къ (jazýk)

2. speech, conversation
3. word
4. voice

• Belarusian: мо́ва (móva); малва́ (malvá) (dialectal)
• Ukrainian: мо́ва (móva)
• → Russian: мо́ва (móva) (dialectal)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мова”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 102
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 125
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “мова”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 432

From Ukrainian and Belarusian мо́ва (móva). Doublet of молва́ (molvá).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmovə]

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мо́ва • (móva) f inan (genitive мо́вы, nominative plural мо́вы, genitive plural мов)

1. (often derogatory, Ukraine) the Ukrainian language
2. (often derogatory, Belarus) the Belarusian language
3. (dialectal) language

From Old East Slavic мълва (mŭlva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognate with Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”), Russian молва́ (molvá), Czech mluva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʋɐ]

• Audio

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мо́ва • (móva) f inan (genitive мо́ви, nominative plural мо́ви, genitive plural мов, relational adjective мо́вний)

1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)
   • 1955, Панас Мирний, V, 314:

     Найбі́льше і найдоро́жче добро́ в ко́жного наро́ду — це його́ мо́ва.

     Najbílʹše i najdoróžče dobró v kóžnoho naródu — ce johó móva.

     The greatest and most valuable good in every nation — is its language.

2. (grammar) speech

• розмо́ва (rozmóva)
  • розмо́вити (rozmóvyty)
    • розмовля́ти (rozmovljáty)
• вимо́ва (vymóva)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мова”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “мова”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мова”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)