how to pronounce высь

/vɨsʲ/

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the above transcription of высь is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

высь is pronounced in one syllable

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sʲ

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

“… который назывался на крыльях высь снял …”

meanings of высь

noun:

Ether, the realms of fancy, the world of fantasy.
Height.
Summit.

высь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word высь occurs in russian on average 0.7 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.