how to pronounce пастырь

/ˈpastɨrʲ/

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пастырь is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… немножечко пастырь выдавливаем сюда наш …”

meanings of пастырь

noun:

Pastor, shepherd.

пастырь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word пастырь occurs in russian on average 2.1 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.