how to pronounce мочь

/mot͡ɕ/

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мочь is pronounced in one syllable

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t͡ɕ

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

“… как она не может быть она и не мочь им …”

meanings of мочь

verb:

Can, be able to.
May.

noun:

Power, might.

мочь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word мочь 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.