мова

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мова

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• mowa, mova — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian мо́ва (móva), from Old East Slavic мъ́лва (mŭ́lva). from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva. Doublet of малва́ (malvá). Cognate with Russian and Ukrainian мо́ва (móva).

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• Rhymes: -ova
• Hyphenation: мо‧ва

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

1. language (a set of generally accepted sound and lexical-grammatical means for expressing thoughts and establishing communication between people)

   белару́ская мо́ва ― bjelarúskaja móva ― the Belarusian language

2. language (a set of lexical, grammatical and other means of expressing thoughts and style)

   газетная мова ― hazjetnaja móva ― newspaper language

3. pronunciation (the way of pronouncing words, the manner of speaking)
4. speech (speaking ability)
5. language (something that conveys a certain thought and serves as a means of communication)

   Народы ўсяго свету павінны гаварыць паміж сабой не на мове гармат, а на мове мастацтва.

   Naródy ŭsjahó svjetu pavinny havarycʹ pamiž sabój nje na móvje harmat, a na móvje mastactva.

   The peoples of the world should speak to each other not in the language of weapons, but in the language of art.

6. (colloquial) talk

• “мова”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “мова” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• мо́лва (mólva) — archaic

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-.

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)

• HSBM, vol. 18, page 102: “мова”
• HSBM, vol. 18, page 125: “молва”
• MSUM^15‒18, vol. 1, page 432: “мова”

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

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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

• мовню́к (movnjúk) (derogatory, a Ukrainian speaker)
• мо́йва (mójva) (derogatory, the Ukrainian or Belarusian languages)

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

мова

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

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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. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “мова”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мова”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)