тяжесть
“тяжесть” (tyazhest) — weight, heaviness in Russian. Noun, level B1. Tyazhest sumki davila na plecho — "the weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder" — what presses by weight: a load, stones in the hands; it happens beyond weight too: a weight on the soul, the weight of guilt. In a live sentence: “Тяжесть сумки давила на плечо” — The weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder. Written with the characters т, я, ж, е, с, т, ь.
In short
| Written in Russian | тяжесть |
| Read in Latin letters | tyazhest |
| Translation | weight, heaviness |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Tyazhest sumki davila na plecho — "the weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder" — what presses by weight: a load, stones in the hands; it happens beyond weight too: a weight on the soul, the weight of guilt.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Тяжесть сумки давила на плечоTyazhest sumki davila na plechoThe weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “weight, heaviness” in Russian?
«тяжесть», read “tyazhest”. In a live sentence: “Тяжесть сумки давила на плечо” — The weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder. Noun, level B1; written with the characters т, я, ж, е, с, т, ь.
How is “тяжесть” written in Latin letters?
tyazhest. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Tyazhest sumki davila na plecho — "the weight of the bag pressed on the shoulder" — what presses by weight: a load, stones in the hands; it happens beyond weight too: a weight on the soul, the weight of guilt. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.