мочь

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mot͡ɕ]
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, means, remedy) and Proto-Germanic *maganą (to be able, may).

Verb

мо́чь (móčʹ) impf (perfective смочь)

  1. to be able
    • Е́сли не мо́жешь бо́гом быть ты, бу́ду я.
      Jésli ne móžešʹ bógom bytʹ ty, búdu ja.
      If you can't be a god, I will.
      (1999, Земфи́ра Рамазанова (Zemfira Ramazanova), Синоптик)
  2. may
    мо́жет бытьmóžet bytʹmaybe
Conjugation
Derived terms

imperfective

perfective

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *moťь, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (to allow, be able, help). Cognate to Proto-Germanic *mahtiz and its descendants.

Doublet of мощь (moščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

мочь (močʹ) f inan (genitive мо́чи, nominative plural мо́чи, genitive plural мо́чей)

  1. power, might
Declension
Synonyms
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