how to pronounce матерь

/ˈmatʲɪrʲ/

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матерь is pronounced in two syllables

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rʲ

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

“… солдатскую матерь за хреначим о чем это …”

meanings of матерь

noun:

Mother.

матерь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word матерь occurs in russian on average 1.9 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.