мощь

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Old Church Slavonic

Noun

мощь (moštĭf

  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).

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Noun

мощь (moščʹf 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