мовити

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • мо́вить (móvitʹ)
  • мо́лвити (mólviti) archaic form

Etymology

From early мо́лвити (mólviti) with labiovelarization -olv- > -oŭv- > -ov-, inherited from Old East Slavic мъ́лвити (mŭ́lviti), from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lviti, from *mъ̀lva; or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH-.[1] By surface analysis, мо́ва (móva) + -ити (-iti).

Verb

мовити • (moviti) impf

  1. to speak
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mlewH-‎ (0 c, 4 e)
adverbs
  • мовно (movno)
adjectives
  • мовеный (movenyj)
  • мовленый (movlenyj)
  • мовный (movnyj)
  • мовѧчїй (movjačij)
  • мовѧщїй (movjaščij)
nouns
  • мо́ва f (móva)
  • мовенье n (movenʹje)
  • мовленье n (movlenʹje)
  • мовловство (movlovstvo)
  • мовность (movnostʹ)
  • мовца f (movca)
verbs
  • мовитисѧ (movitisja)
  • мовлꙗти (movljati)
  • мовꙗти (movjati)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: мо́віць (móvicʹ), мо́виць (móvicʹ), мо́вицьца (móvicʹca)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: мо́вити (móvyty)
  • Ukrainian: мо́вити (móvyty)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227:ст.-укр. молвити (1370), мовити (1388); ст.-бел. молвити, мовитиst.-ukr. molviti (1370), moviti (1388); st.-bel. molviti, moviti

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъlviti. Cognates include Czech mluviti, Polish mówić. Equivalent to мова (mova) + -ити (-yty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔʋete]
  • (file)

Verb

мо́вити • (móvyty) impf or pf

  1. to speak

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

Further reading

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