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мочъ

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Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȍťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis, from *megʰ-.

Cognate with Russian мочь (močʹ). Doublet of моцъ (mocʹ), borrowed from Old Polish and мощъ (mošč), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

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мочъ (močf inan (related adjective мочный)

  1. might, power, strength
  2. authority
  3. armed forces
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Descendants
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  • Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (obsolete)

Further reading

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  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*мочь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 617
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мочъ, мочь II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 193

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old East Slavic *мочь (*močĭ), from Proto-Slavic *močь, from *mok-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek-.

Noun

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мочъ (močm inan

  1. urine
    Synonyms: моча (moča), сечъ (seč)
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Descendants
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  • Carpathian Rusyn: моч (moč)
  • Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (dialectal, obsolete)

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мочъ, мочь I”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 193