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Inherited from Old Ruthenian мо́вити (móviti), from Old East Slavic мъ́лвити (mŭ́lviti), мо́вити (móviti). By surface analysis, мо́ва (móva) +‎ -іць (-icʹ). Compare Polish mówić, archaic Russian мо́лвить (mólvitʹ), Ukrainian мо́вити (móvyty).

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мо́віць (móvicʹimpf

  1. to say
    Synonyms: гавары́ць (havarýcʹ), каза́ць (kazácʹ)
  2. to pronounce

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References edit

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