молва

молва

Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
мо;ва (m;va)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мълва (molva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic

Noun
молва • (molva)  (related adjective молвный)

slander, calumny, aspersion, libel
Archaic form of мо;ва (molva, “language; speech; word”).
Descendants
Belarusian: малва; (malv;) (dialectal)
References
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrskn;ti), Moscow: Nauka, ;ISBN, page 225: “ст.-бел. молва ; st.-bel. molva”
^ Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “мо;ва”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, ;LCCN, page 826: “MUk. молва; (XVII c.), мова (XVII c.)”
Further reading
Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “молва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, ;ISBN, page 125
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic мълва (molva), from Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognates include Old Church Slavonic млъва (ml;va, “noise, mourning”), Ukrainian мова (m;va, “language”), Belarusian мова (m;va, “language”), Polish mowa (“language”), Bulgarian мълва; (m;lv;, “rumour”), Czech mluva. Doublet of мова (mova).


Noun
молва; • (molv;) f inan (genitive молвы;, uncountable)

rumour/rumor, talk, hearsay