Belarusian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian моцъ (mocʹ), from Old Polish moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognate with Ukrainian міць (micʹ), another borrowing from Polish, Ukrainian міч (mič) and Russian мочь (močʹ), both inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ), and Russian мощь (moščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

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  • IPA(key): [mot͡s]
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Noun

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моц (mocf inan (genitive мо́цы, uncountable)

  1. might, power
    Synonym: магу́тнасць (mahútnascʹ)

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References

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 187
  • моц”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • моц” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Pannonian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn муць (mucʹ) and Slovak moc. By surface analysis, deverbal from мочи (moči).

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моц (mocf (related adjective моцни)

  1. (uncountable) power, might (physical strength or force)
    Synonym: сила (sila)
    моц мотораmoc motoraengine power
  2. (uncountable) strength (quality or degree of being strong)
    Synonym: сила (sila)
    вецей нє мал моциvecej nje mal mocihe had no more strength
  3. (uncountable, physics, mechanics) power, strength (measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time)
  4. (uncountable) power, influence (effectiveness or ability to influence)
  5. (uncountable) power, ability, faculty (quality or state of having the necessary power)
    куповна моцkupovna mocpurchasing power
  6. (uncountable) strength (ability to resist damage or destruction)
  7. (countable) force, strength, power (ability to perform specific tasks in a production facility)
    роботна моцrobotna mocwork force, manpower
  8. (uncountable) power, strength; concentration (degree of concentration i.e. of an acid)
    одредзиц моцodredzic mocto titrate (literally, “to determine the concentration”)
  9. (uncountable) force, strength, power (work done per unit of time)
  10. (countable, in the plural, military) forces, troops
    Synonym: войско (vojsko)

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