how to pronounce лит

/lʲit/

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лит is pronounced in one syllable

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lʲ

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

“… его лит-ры по парнями на не знаю про …”

meanings of лит

noun:

Litas (currency of Lithuania).

лит frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word лит occurs in russian on average 2.3 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.