молва
See also: молвя
Old Ruthenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- мо́ва (móva)
Etymology edit
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]
Noun edit
молва • (molva) f inan (related adjective мо́лвный)
Descendants edit
- Belarusian: малва́ (malvá) (dialectal)
References edit
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225: “ст.-бел. молва ― st.-bel. molva”
- ^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “мо́ва”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 826: “MUk. молва́ (XVII c.), мова (XVII c.)”
Further reading edit
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 125
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic мълва (mŭlva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognates include Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “noise, mourning”), Ukrainian мо́ва (móva, “language”), Belarusian мо́ва (móva, “language”), Polish mowa (“language”), Bulgarian мълва́ (mǎlvá, “rumour”), Czech mluva. Doublet of мо́ва (móva).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
молва́ • (molvá) f inan (genitive молвы́, uncountable)
- rumour/rumor, talk, hearsay
- 1849, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Netochka Nezvanova:
- Почти́ всю́ду носи́лась молва́ о его́ неограни́ченном честолю́бии.
- Počtí vsjúdu nosílasʹ molvá o jevó neograníčennom čestoljúbii.
- Almost everywhere floated the rumor of his unbounded ambition.
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- молвь f (molvʹ)
- обмо́лвка f (obmólvka)
- недомо́лвка f (nedomólvka)
- перемо́лвка f (peremólvka)
- размо́лвка f (razmólvka)
- помо́лвка f (pomólvka)
- мо́лвить (mólvitʹ)
- безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj)
- безмо́лвно (bezmólvno)
- помо́лвленный (pomólvlennyj)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress