мовляв
Ukrainian
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]мовля́в • (movljáv)
- masculine singular past indicative of мовля́ти impf (movljáty)
Particle
[edit]мовля́в • (movljáv) (parenthetical, colloquial)
- Introducing reported speech: saying, he/she says, they say (that), like
- Introducing the implied meaning of a gesture: as if to say, like
- Introducing a clarification: like, as it were, so to speak
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мовляв”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мовляв”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “мовляв”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мовляв”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “мовляв”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “мовляв”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)