мова

• 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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmova]

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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 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 (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 102
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (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. (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]

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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 (2010–2023), “мова”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мова”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)