мотив

Ultimately from Latin motivus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔtif]

мотив • (motiv) m

1. motive
2. motif

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).

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtʲif]

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моти́в • (motív) m 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)

• напе́в (napév), мело́дия (melódija)
• иде́я (idéja), лейтмоти́в (lejtmotív)
• те́ма (téma), сюже́т (sjužét)
• по́вод (póvod), причи́на (pričína), побужде́ние (pobuždénije)
• до́вод (dóvod)

(motive, cause, reason):

• мотива́тор m (motivátor), демотива́тор m (demotivátor)
• мотива́ция f (motivácija), демотива́ция f (demotivácija)
• мотиви́ровать impf or pf (motivírovatʹ), демотиви́ровать impf or pf (demotivírovatʹ)
  • мотивиро́вка f (motiviróvka)

(tune; motive, motif):

• лейтмоти́в m (lejtmotív)

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

• 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. (1999) “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

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “мотив”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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

мо̀тӣв f (Latin spelling mòtīv)

1. motive (incentive to act)
2. motif

• “мотив”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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

• IPA^(key): [mɔˈtɪu̯]

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моти́в • (motýv) m 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

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мотив”, 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), “мотив”, 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), “мотив”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мотив”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “мотив”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мотив”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мотив”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)