мощъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• 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)

1. power, strength, might

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ- (0 c, 4 e)

Etymology 2

Noun

мощъ • (mošč) m

1. 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