мотив

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Macedonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

Noun

мотив (motivm

  1. motive
  2. motif

Declension

Declension of мотив
singular plural
indefinite мотив (motiv) мотиви (motivi)
definite unspecified мотивот (motivot) мотивите (motivite)
definite proximal мотивов (motivov) мотививе (motivive)
definite distal мотивон (motivon) мотивине (motivine)
vocative мотиву (motivu) мотиви (motivi)
count form мотива (motiva)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Motiv or directly from French motif. Ultimately from Latin mōtīvus.

Compare typologically Russian подви́гнуть (podvígnutʹ), сподви́гнуть (spodvígnutʹ), дви́житель (dvížitelʹ) akin to дви́гать (dvígatʹ).

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Noun

моти́в (motívm inan (genitive моти́ва, nominative plural моти́вы, genitive plural моти́вов, diminutive моти́вчик)

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

Declension

Synonyms

(motive, cause, reason):

(tune; motive, motif):

Descendants

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мотив”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “мотив”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 544
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “мотив”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 331

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

мо̀тӣв f (Latin spelling mòtīv)

  1. motive (incentive to act)
  2. motif

Declension

Declension of мотив
singular plural
nominative мотив мотиви
genitive мотива мотива
dative мотиву мотивима
accusative мотив мотиве
vocative мотиве мотиви
locative мотиву мотивима
instrumental мотивом мотивима

Further reading

  • мотив”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French motif, from Latin mōtīvus.

Pronunciation

Noun

моти́в (motývm 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

Declension

Declension of моти́в
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative моти́в
motýv
моти́ви
motývy
genitive моти́ву
motývu
моти́вів
motýviv
dative моти́вові, моти́ву
motývovi, motývu
моти́вам
motývam
accusative моти́в
motýv
моти́ви
motývy
instrumental моти́вом
motývom
моти́вами
motývamy
locative моти́ві
motývi
моти́вах
motývax
vocative моти́ве
motýve
моти́ви
motývy

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мотив”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

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