# моц
## Belarusian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mot͡s]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

моц • (moc) f inan (genitive мо́цы, uncountable)
* might, power
    Synonym: магу́тнасць (mahútnascʹ)

#### Derived terms

* мо́цны (mócny)

### References

* 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

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɔt͡s]
* Rhymes: -ɔt͡s
* Hyphenation: моц

### Noun

моц (moc) f (related adjective моцни)
* (uncountable) power, might (physical strength or force)
    Synonym: сила (sila)
    моц мотора ― moc motora ― engine power
* (uncountable) strength (quality or degree of being strong)
    Synonym: сила (sila)
    вецей нє мал моци ― vecej nje mal moci ― he had no more strength
* (uncountable, physics, mechanics) power, strength (measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time)
* (uncountable) power, influence (effectiveness or ability to influence)
* (uncountable) power, ability, faculty (quality or state of having the necessary power)
    куповна моц ― kupovna moc ― purchasing power
* (uncountable) strength (ability to resist damage or destruction)
* (countable) force, strength, power (ability to perform specific tasks in a production facility)
    роботна моц ― robotna moc ― work force, manpower
* (uncountable) power, strength; concentration (degree of concentration i.e. of an acid)
    одредзиц моц ― odredzic moc ― to titrate (literally, “to determine the concentration”)
* (uncountable) force, strength, power (work done per unit of time)
* (countable, in the plural, military) forces, troops
    Synonym: войско (vojsko)

#### Related terms

* всемоц f (vsemoc)
* моцак m pers (mocak)
* моцар m pers (mocar)
* надмоц f (nadmoc)
* нємоц f (njemoc)
* полномоц f (polnomoc)
* премоц f (premoc)
* моцнїц impf (mocnjic)
* моцовац impf (mocovac)
* мочи impf or pf (moči)

### References

* 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