мова

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мълва (mŭlva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognate with Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”), Russian молва́ (molvá), Czech mluva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmova]

• Audio

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Noun

мо́ва • (móva) f inan (genitive мо́вы, nominative plural мо́вы, genitive plural моў, related adjective мо́ўны)

1. language (system of communication using words or symbols)

   белару́ская мо́ва ― bjelarúskaja móva ― the Belarusian language; Belarusian

Declension

Declension of мо́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мо́ва móva	мо́вы móvy
genitive	мо́вы móvy	моў moŭ
dative	мо́ве móvje	мо́вам móvam
accusative	мо́ву móvu	мо́вы móvy
instrumental	мо́вай, мо́ваю móvaj, móvaju	мо́вамі móvami
locative	мо́ве móvje	мо́вах móvax
count form	—	мо́вы1 móvy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• мовазна́ўства (movaznáŭstva)
• размо́ва (razmóva)
  • размо́віць (razmóvicʹ)
    • размаўля́ць (razmaŭljácʹ)

References

• “мова” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мълва (mŭlva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognate with Old Church Slavonic млъва (mlŭva, “speech”), Russian молва́ (molvá), Czech mluva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʋɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

мо́ва • (móva) f inan (genitive мо́ви, nominative plural мо́ви, genitive plural мов, related 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

Declension

Declension of мо́ва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мо́ва móva	мо́ви móvy
genitive	мо́ви móvy	мов mov
dative	мо́ві móvi	мо́вам móvam
accusative	мо́ву móvu	мо́ви móvy
instrumental	мо́вою móvoju	мо́вами móvamy
locative	мо́ві móvi	мо́вах móvax
vocative	мо́во móvo	мо́ви móvy

Derived terms

• розмо́ва (rozmóva)
  • розмо́вити (rozmóvyty)
    • розмовля́ти (rozmovljáty)
• вимо́ва (vymóva)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мова”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2021), “мова”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “мова”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)