how to pronounce тьма

/tʲma/

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тьма is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

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

“… день и ночь света тьма брать давать все …”

meanings of тьма

noun:

Thousands, a multitude, a host, lots of.
Dark, darkness.

тьма frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word тьма occurs in russian on average 5.9 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.