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мотив

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin motivus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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мотив (motivm

  1. motive
  2. motif

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Declension of мотив
singular plural
indefinite мотив (motiv) мотиви (motivi)
definite unspecified мотивот (motivot) мотивите (motivite)
definite proximal мотивов (motivov) мотививе (motivive)
definite distal мотивон (motivon) мотивине (motivine)
vocative мотиву (motivu) мотиви (motivi)
count form мотива (motiva)

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Motiv or directly from French motif. Ultimately from Latin mōtīvus.

Compare typologically Russian подви́гнуть (podvígnutʹ), сподви́гнуть (spodvígnutʹ), дви́житель (dvížitelʹ) akin to дви́гать (dvígatʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɐˈtʲif]
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Noun

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моти́в (motívm inan (genitive моти́ва, nominative plural моти́вы, genitive plural моти́вов, diminutive моти́вчик)

  1. tune
  2. motive, motif
  3. motive, cause, reason (that which incites to action)

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Synonyms

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(motive, cause, reason):

(tune; motive, motif):

Descendants

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  • Armenian: մոտիվ (motiv)
  • Azerbaijani: motiv
  • Georgian: მოტივი (moṭivi)
  • Ossetian: моти́в (motív)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мотив”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мотив”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 544
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “мотив”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 331

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mǒtiːʋ/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧тив

Noun

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мо̀тӣв f (Latin spelling mòtīv)

  1. motive (incentive to act)
  2. motif

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French motif, from Latin mōtīvus.[1]

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Noun

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моти́в (motývm inan (genitive моти́ву, nominative plural моти́ви, genitive plural моти́вів)

  1. motive, reason (an incentive to act in a particular way)
    Synonym: підста́ва f (pidstáva)
  2. motive (something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour)
  3. (music, art) motif

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мотив”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

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