Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫžьskъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *mǫ̑žь +‎ *-ьskъ.

Reconstruction notes

With a retraction accent in Slovene and with a secondary Serbo-Croatian normative form.

Adjective

*mǫ̑žьskъ or *mǫžьskъ̀jь

1. male

Declension

Accent paradigm c. According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type C.

Indefinite declension of *mǫžьskъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьskъ	*mǫžьska	*mǫžьsko
genitive	*mǫžьska	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьska
dative	*mǫžьsku	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьsku
accusative	*mǫžьskъ	*mǫžьskǫ	*mǫžьsko
instrumental	*mǫžьskomь	*mǫžьskojǫ	*mǫžьskomь
locative	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьscě
vocative	*mǫžьšče	*mǫžьsko	*mǫžьsko
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьska	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьscě
genitive	*mǫžьsku	*mǫžьsku	*mǫžьsku
dative	*mǫžьskoma	*mǫžьskama	*mǫžьskoma
accusative	*mǫžьska	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьscě
instrumental	*mǫžьskoma	*mǫžьskama	*mǫžьskoma
locative	*mǫžьsku	*mǫžьsku	*mǫžьsku
vocative	*mǫžьska	*mǫžьscě	*mǫžьscě
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьsci	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьska
genitive	*mǫžьskъ	*mǫžьskъ	*mǫžьskъ
dative	*mǫžьskomъ	*mǫžьskamъ	*mǫžьskomъ
accusative	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьska
instrumental	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьskami	*mǫžьsky
locative	*mǫžьscěxъ	*mǫžьskaxъ	*mǫžьscěxъ
vocative	*mǫžьsci	*mǫžьsky	*mǫžьska

Definite declension of *mǫžьskъ (hard)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьskъjь	*mǫžьskaja	*mǫžьskoje
genitive	*mǫžьskajego	*mǫžьskyję̇	*mǫžьskajego
dative	*mǫžьskujemu	*mǫžьscěji	*mǫžьskujemu
accusative	*mǫžьskъjь	*mǫžьskǫjǫ	*mǫžьskoje
instrumental	*mǫžьskyjimь	*mǫžьskǫjǫ	*mǫžьskyjimь
locative	*mǫžьscějemь	*mǫžьscěji	*mǫžьscějemь
vocative	*mǫžьskъjь	*mǫžьskaja	*mǫžьskoje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьskaja	*mǫžьscěji	*mǫžьscěji
genitive	*mǫžьskuju	*mǫžьskuju	*mǫžьskuju
dative	*mǫžьskyjima	*mǫžьskyjima	*mǫžьskyjima
accusative	*mǫžьskaja	*mǫžьscěji	*mǫžьscěji
instrumental	*mǫžьskyjima	*mǫžьskyjima	*mǫžьskyjima
locative	*mǫžьskuju	*mǫžьskuju	*mǫžьskuju
vocative	*mǫžьskaja	*mǫžьscěji	*mǫžьscěji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mǫžьsciji	*mǫžьskyję̇	*mǫžьskaja
genitive	*mǫžьskъjixъ	*mǫžьskъjixъ	*mǫžьskъjixъ
dative	*mǫžьskyjimъ	*mǫžьskyjimъ	*mǫžьskyjimъ
accusative	*mǫžьskyję̇	*mǫžьskyję̇	*mǫžьskaja
instrumental	*mǫžьskyjimi	*mǫžьskyjimi	*mǫžьskyjimi
locative	*mǫžьskyjixъ	*mǫžьskyjixъ	*mǫžьskyjixъ
vocative	*mǫžьsciji	*mǫžьskyję̇	*mǫžьskaja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мѫжьскъ (mǫžĭskŭ), мужьскъ (mužĭskŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: мужскїй (mužskij), мужескїй (mužeskij)
      • Belarusian: мужски́й (mužskíj)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: му́жськы́й (múžsʹkŷ́j), му́жеськый (múžesʹkŷj)
      • Ukrainian: му́жеський (múžesʹkyj) (dialectal)
    • Middle Russian: мужской (mužskoj), мужеский (mužeskij)
      • Russian: мужско́й (mužskój); мусько́й (musʹkój) (dialectal); му́жьки́й (múžʹkíj), мьшско́й (mʹšskój), мушско́й (mušskój) (Old Believers)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мѫжьскъ (mǫžĭskŭ)
  • Middle Bulgarian: мꙋужьскы́и (muužĭskýi) (Southwestern)
    • Bulgarian: мъ́жки (mǎ́žki)
  • Macedonian: машки (maški)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: му̏шкӣ, му̀шкӣ

    Latin script: mȕškī

  • Slovene: moškì, móški (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mužský
    • Czech: mužský
  • Old Polish: męski
    • Polish: męski
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mãsczi, mãżsczi (orthographical variant)
  • Old Slovak: mužský
    • Slovak: mužský; muskí (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mužski, muski
    • Lower Sorbian: muski (rare)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьskъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 162