how to pronounce заповедь

/ˈzapəvʲɪtʲ/

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заповедь is pronounced in three syllables

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tʲ

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

“… день пешком всем заповедь юрту конечно …”

meanings of заповедь

noun:

Precept, rule.
Commandment.

заповедь frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word заповедь occurs in russian on average 7.4 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.