how to pronounce весть

/vʲesʲtʲ/

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весть is pronounced in one syllable

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vʲ

sʲ

tʲ

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

“… бок ведь не на бог весть о в результате …”

meanings of весть

noun:

News, piece of news, message; tidings.
News (presentation of news, e.g. on television).

verb:

Knows: only used in expressions, often with бог (box).
Only in this combination.

весть frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word весть occurs in russian on average 10.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.