москва

Old Ruthenian

Noun

москва • (moskva) f inan (related adjective московский)

1. (collective) Muscovites (inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, predecessors of modern Russians)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: москва (moskva)

See also

• литва (litva)
• русь (rusʹ)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “москва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 166

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian москва (moskva).

Noun

москва́ • (moskvá) f inan (genitive москви́, uncountable)

1. (collective, derogatory) Muscovites, Russians

Declension

Declension of москва́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	москва́ moskvá
genitive	москви́ moskvý
dative	москві́ moskví
accusative	москву́ moskvú
instrumental	москво́ю moskvóju
locative	москві́ moskví
vocative	мо́скво móskvo

References

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “москва́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina