новомова
Ukrainian
Etymology
нови́й (novýj) + -о- (-o-) + мо́ва (móva), literally “neolanguage”; calque of English Newspeak, from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɔwɔˈmɔʋɐ]
Noun
новомо́ва • (novomóva) f inan (genitive новомо́ви, uncountable)
- Newspeak (from George Orwell's "1984")
- (figuratively) similar language practice of totalitarian regimes
Declension
Declension of новомо́ва (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | новомо́ва novomóva |
| genitive | новомо́ви novomóvy |
| dative | новомо́ві novomóvi |
| accusative | новомо́ву novomóvu |
| instrumental | новомо́вою novomóvoju |
| locative | новомо́ві novomóvi |
| vocative | новомо́во novomóvo |
Further reading
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “новомо́ва”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “новомо́ва”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)