how to pronounce бедность

/ˈbʲednəsʲtʲ/

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бедность is pronounced in two syllables

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bʲ

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sʲ

tʲ

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An example use of бедность in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… а в его детстве вечная бедность мать …”

meanings of бедность

noun:

Poverty, poorness.
Indigence, penury.

бедность frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word бедность occurs in russian on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.