how to pronounce скорбь

/skorpʲ/

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скорбь is pronounced in one syllable

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pʲ

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

“… нирвана и скорбь и нас но собственно все …”

meanings of скорбь

noun:

Sorrow, grief.

скорбь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word скорбь occurs in russian on average 3.5 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.