мощь

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

мощь • (moštĭ) f

  1. ability
  2. power

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощь (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Compare native мочь (močʹ) and Ukrainian міч (mič) (both inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ)) and Ukrainian міць (micʹ) and Belarusian моц (moc) (both borrowed from Polish moc).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moɕː]
  • (file)

Noun

мощь • (moščʹ) f inan (genitive мо́щи, uncountable)

  1. might, force, power, strength

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мощь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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