Москва

Abkhaz

Proper noun

Москва (Moskva)

  1. Moscow

Bulgarian

Proper noun

Москва (Moskva) f

  1. Moscow

Kyrgyz

Proper noun

Москва (Moskva)

  1. Moscow

Macedonian

Proper noun

Москва (Móskva) f

  1. Moscow

Mongolian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑskˈvɑ/

Proper noun

Москва (Moskva) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠣᠰᠻᠸᠠ (moskwa))

  1. Moscow

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Москꙑ (Mosky), originally referring to the river, probably from Proto-Slavic *mosky of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Czech moskva (raw bread), Slovak mozga (puddle), Polish Mozgawa, and more distantly Lithuanian mazgóti (to wash, rinse), Sanskrit मज्जति (májjati, to sink), Latin mergō (to dive). May be connected to Finnish Masku.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐskˈva]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Москва́ (Moskvá) f inan (genitive Москвы́)

  1. Moscow (capital of Russia)
    в Москве́v Moskvéin Moscow
    в Москву́v Moskvúto Moscow
    из Москвы́iz Moskvýfrom Moscow
  2. Moskva (river)
    Москва́ впада́ет в Оку́ у го́рода Коло́мна.Moskvá vpadájet v Okú u góroda Kolómna.The Moskva flows into the Oka River near the town of Kolomna.
  3. the government of the Russian Federation
    Москва́ так и не отве́тила на тре́бования Вашингто́на.Moskvá tak i ne otvétila na trébovanija Vašingtóna.Moscow has never responded to Washington's demands.

Declension

Abbreviations

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • (Moscow): белока́менная (belokámennaja), златогла́вая (zlatoglávaja), первопресто́льная (pervoprestólʹnaja)
  • (Moskva): Москва́-река́ (Moskvá-reká)

References

  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), Москва”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môskʋa/
  • Hyphenation: Мос‧ква

Proper noun

Мо̏сква f (Latin spelling Mȍskva)

  1. Moscow (capital of Russia)

Declension


Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔˈskʋɑ]

Proper noun

Москва́ (Moskvá) f (genitive Москви́)

  1. Moscow

Declension

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