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Old Ruthenian
- мощь (moščʹ) — archaic spelling
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic мощь (moščĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощь／ⰿⱁⱋⱐ (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȍťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis, from *megʰ-.
Cognate with Russian мощь (moščʹ). Doublet of мочъ (moč), inherited from Proto-Slavic and моцъ (mocʹ), borrowed from Old Polish.
Noun
мощъ • (mošč) f inan (related adjective мощный)
- power, strength, might
Etymology 2
Noun
мощъ • (mošč) m
- Alternative form of моштъ (mošt, “must (unfermented young sweet wine)”)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мощъ, мощь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 196