мотив

Ultimately from Latin motivus.

мотив • (motiv) m

1. motive
2. motif

Borrowed from German Motiv or French motif.

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtʲif]

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моти́в • (motív) m inan (genitive моти́ва, nominative plural моти́вы, genitive plural моти́вов)

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)

• мотивчик (motivčik)
• лейтмоти́в (lejtmotív)

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

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “мотив”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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

мо̀тӣв f (Latin spelling mòtīv)

1. motive (incentive to act)
2. motif