мовити

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • мо́вить
  • мо́лвити archaic form

Etymology

From early мо́лвити with labiovelarization -olv- > -oŭv- > -ov-, inherited from Old East Slavic мъ́лвити (mŭ́lviti), from Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lviti, from *mъ̀lva; or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH-.[1] By surface analysis, мо́ва + -ити.

Verb

мо́вити (transliteration needed) impf

  1. to speak
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mlewH-‎ (0 c, 4 e)
adverbs
  • мовно
adjectives
  • мовеный
  • мовленый
  • мовный
  • мовѧчїй
  • мовѧщїй
nouns
  • мо́ва f
  • мовенье n
  • мовленье n
  • мовловство
  • мовность
  • мовца f
verbs
  • мовитисѧ
  • мовлꙗти
  • мовꙗти

Descendants

  • Belarusian: мо́віць (móvicʹ), мо́виць (móvicʹ), мо́вицьца (móvicʹca)
  • Rusyn: мо́вити (móvyty)
  • Ukrainian: мо́вити (móvyty)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), *mъlviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227: “ст.-укр. молвити (1370), мовити (1388); ст.-бел. молвити, мовити

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъlviti. Cognates include Czech mluviti, Polish mówić. Equivalent to мова (mova) + -ити (-yty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔʋete]
  • (file)

Verb

мо́вити (móvyty) impf or pf

  1. to speak

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

Further reading

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