how to pronounce судья

/sʊˈdʲja/

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судья is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… критик я же не судья который пишет …”

meanings of судья

noun:

Judge.
Arbitrator, referee, umpire.

судья frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word судья occurs in russian on average 14.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.