молва

See also: молвя

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъlva; cognates include Old Church Slavonic мълва (mŭlva, “noise, mourning”), Ukrainian мо́ва (móva, “language”), Belarusian мо́ва (móva, “language”), Polish mowa (“language”), Bulgarian мълва́ (mǎlvá, “rumour”), Czech mluva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐlˈva]

Noun

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

  1. rumour/rumor, talk, hearsay
    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.
    (F. Dostoyevsky, Netochka Nezvanova, 1849)

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
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