молва

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See also: молвя

Russian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

молва́ (molváf inan (genitive молвы́, uncountable)

  1. rumour/rumor, talk, hearsay

Declension

Related terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress