how to pronounce листва

/lʲɪstˈva/

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листва is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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

“… интересная угадал стана листва не сейчас …”

meanings of листва

noun:

Foliage.

листва frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word листва occurs in russian on average 3.3 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.