молва

See also: молвя

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• мо́ва (móva)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мъ́лва (mŭ́lva), from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-eh₂, from *mlewH-.

Noun

молва • (molva) f inan (related adjective мо́лвный)

1. slander, calumny, aspersion, libel
2. Archaic form of мо́ва (móva, “language; speech; word”).

Descendants

• Belarusian: малва́ (malvá) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 125

Russian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [mɐɫˈva]

• Audio:

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Noun

молва́ • (molvá) f inan (genitive молвы́, uncountable)

1. 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

Declension of молва́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	молва́ molvá
genitive	молвы́ molvý
dative	молве́ molvé
accusative	молву́ molvú
instrumental	молво́й, молво́ю molvój, molvóju
prepositional	молве́ molvé

Pre-reform declension of молва́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	молва́ molvá
genitive	молвы́ molvý
dative	молвѣ́ molvě́
accusative	молву́ molvú
instrumental	молво́й, молво́ю molvój, molvóju
prepositional	молвѣ́ molvě́

Related terms

• 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

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress