Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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  • мощь (moščʹ)archaic spelling

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мощь (moščĭ), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощьⰿⱁⱋⱐ (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

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мощъ (moščf inan (related adjective мощный)

  1. power, strength, might
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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мощъ (moščm

  1. Alternative form of моштъ (mošt, must (unfermented young sweet wine))

Further reading

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  • 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