Ultimately fromLatinmotivus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔtif]

мотив• (motiv) m

1. motive
2. motif

Borrowed fromGermanMotiv or directly fromFrenchmotif. Ultimately fromLatinmōtīvus.

Compare typologically Russianподви́гнуть(podvígnutʹ),сподви́гнуть(spodvígnutʹ),дви́житель(dvížitelʹ) akin toдви́гать(dvígatʹ).

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtʲif]

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моти́в• (motív) m inan (genitiveмоти́ва,nominative pluralмоти́вы,genitive pluralмоти́вов,diminutiveмоти́вчик)

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 orpf(motivírovatʹ),демотиви́ровать impf orpf(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”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “мотив”, inИсторико-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1(а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang.,→ISBN, page544
• Shansky, N. M.,Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “мотив”, inЭтимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10(М), Moscow: Moscow University Press,→ISBN, page331

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

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

мо̀тӣв f (Latin spellingmòtīv)

1. motive(incentive to act)
2. motif

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

Borrowed fromFrenchmotif, fromLatinmōtīvus.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [mɔˈtɪu̯]

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моти́в• (motýv) m inan (genitiveмоти́ву,nominative pluralмоти́ви,genitive pluralмоти́вів)

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”, inСловник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv:Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мотив”, inСловник 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”, inГорох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “мотив”, inKyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “мотив”, inСловник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

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