мотив

Ultimately from Latin motivus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔtif]

мотив • (motiv) m

1. motive
2. motif

Borrowed from German Motiv or French motif.

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtʲif]

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моти́в • (motív) m inan (genitive моти́ва, nominative plural моти́вы, genitive plural моти́вов)

1. tune
2. motive, motif
3. motive, cause, reason (that which incites to action)

• напе́в (napév), мело́дия (melódija)
• иде́я (idéja), лейтмоти́в (lejtmotív)
• те́ма (téma), сюже́т (sjužét)
• по́вод (póvod), причи́на (pričína), побужде́ние (pobuždénije)
• до́вод (dóvod)

• мотивчик (motivčik)
• лейтмоти́в (lejtmotív)

• Armenian: մոտիվ (motiv)
• Azerbaijani: motiv
• Georgian: მოტივი (moṭivi)
• Ossetian: моти́в (motív)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мотив”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• IPA^(key): /mǒtiːʋ/
• Hyphenation: мо‧тив

мо̀тӣв f (Latin spelling mòtīv)

1. motive (incentive to act)
2. motif

Borrowed from French motif, from Latin mōtīvus.[1]

• IPA^(key): [mɔˈtɪu̯]

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моти́в • (motýv) m inan (genitive моти́ву, nominative plural моти́ви, genitive plural моти́вів)

1. motive, reason (an incentive to act in a particular way)

   Synonym: підста́ва f (pidstáva)

2. motive (something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour)
3. (music, art) motif

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мотив”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мотив”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “мотив”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мотив”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “мотив”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мотив”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мотив”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)