мощ

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔʃt]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃt

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis

Proto-Slavic *moťь

Old Church Slavonic мощь (moštĭ)

Bulgarian мощ

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощь (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *moťь.

Noun

мощ • (mošt) f

1. (literary, politics, philosophy) power, might

   Synonym: мо́щност (móštnost)

Declension

Declension of мощ

	singular
indefinite	мощ mošt
definite	мощта́ mošttá

Alternative forms

• мош (moš) — clipping
• мощь (moštʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1945)

Derived terms

• мо́щен (móšten)

References

• “мощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мощ”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “мощ”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мощ”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “мощ”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощ¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 269
• “мощь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “мощь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 84
• Franz Miklosich (1862–1865), “мошть”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 382
• Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (1999), “мощь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 869

Etymology 2

Derived from моща́ (moštá, “a folding hammer, a hammer used for attaching shoe straps”).

Noun

мощ • (mošt) f

1. (shoemaking, Erkech) a hammer used for shoemaking

Usage notes

That declension table is theoretical, based on what is said about the word and its etymons in BER and RBE.

Declension

Declension of мощ

	singular
indefinite	мощ mošt
definite	мощта́ mošttá

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощ²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 269

Anagrams

• щом (štom)

Northern Mansi

Adjective

мощ (moś) (Upper Lozva)

1. alternative form of мось (mosʹ)