how to pronounce твердь

/tvʲertʲ/

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твердь is pronounced in one syllable

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vʲ

tʲ

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

“… земная твердь через который просвечивает …”

meanings of твердь

noun:

Dry land, earth.
Firmament.

твердь frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word твердь occurs in russian on average 1.1 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.