моц

Inherited from Old Ruthenian моцъ (mocʹ), from Old Polish moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognate with Ukrainian міць (micʹ), another borrowing from Polish, Ukrainian міч (mič) and Russian мочь (močʹ), both inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ), and Russian мощь (moščʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

• IPA^(key): [mot͡s]

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моц • (moc) f inan (genitive мо́цы, uncountable)

1. might, power

   Synonym: магу́тнасць (mahútnascʹ)

• мо́цны (mócny)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 187
• “моц”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “моц” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Old Slovak moc, from Proto-Slavic *moťь. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn муць (mucʹ) and Slovak moc. By surface analysis, deverbal from мочи (moči).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡s
• Hyphenation: моц

моц (moc) f (related adjective моцни)

1. (uncountable) power, might (physical strength or force)

   Synonym: сила (sila)

   моц мотора ― moc motora ― engine power

2. (uncountable) strength (quality or degree of being strong)

   Synonym: сила (sila)

   вецей нє мал моци ― vecej nje mal moci ― he had no more strength

3. (uncountable, physics, mechanics) power, strength (measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time)
4. (uncountable) power, influence (effectiveness or ability to influence)
5. (uncountable) power, ability, faculty (quality or state of having the necessary power)

   куповна моц ― kupovna moc ― purchasing power

6. (uncountable) strength (ability to resist damage or destruction)
7. (countable) force, strength, power (ability to perform specific tasks in a production facility)

   роботна моц ― robotna moc ― work force, manpower

8. (uncountable) power, strength; concentration (degree of concentration i.e. of an acid)

   одредзиц моц ― odredzic moc ― to titrate (literally, “to determine the concentration”)

9. (uncountable) force, strength, power (work done per unit of time)
10. (countable, in the plural, military) forces, troops

    Synonym: войско (vojsko)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “моц”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “force”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 118
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “might”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 178
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “power”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 219
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “strength”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 306
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “titrate”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 333