муж

See also: мѫжь

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь. Cognate with Polish mąż.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʂ]

Noun

муж • (muž) m pers (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужы́, genitive plural мужо́ў)

1. husband

   Antonym: жо́нка (žónka)

2. (dated) man

   Synonym: мужчы́на (mužčýna)

Declension

Declension of муж (pr hard masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	муж muž	мужы́ mužý
genitive	му́жа múža	мужо́ў mužóŭ
dative	му́жу múžu	мужа́м mužám
accusative	му́жа múža	мужо́ў mužóŭ
instrumental	му́жам múžam	мужа́мі mužámi
locative	му́жу múžu	мужа́х mužáx
count form	—	му́жы1 múžy1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• му́жны (múžny)
  • му́жнасць (múžnascʹ)
• мужчы́на (mužčýna)

References

• “муж” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Mongolian

Mongolian (PR China)
Mongolian (Mongolia)
Cyrillic	‍

Pronunciation

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /mʊt͡ɕ/, [mo̙t͡ɕ]

Etymology 1

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi), from Proto-Mongolic *muji. Cognate with Buryat можо (možo), Daur moj.

Noun

муж • (muj); (regular declension)

1. province (administrative division)

   Хэбэй муж

   Khebei muj

   Hebei province

2. area

Usage notes

• Муж (Muj) is not an official administrative division of Mongolia, it is mostly used to refer to divisions in other countries.
• For provinces of Mongolia аймаг (aimag) is used.

Declension

    Declension of муж

	singular	plural
nominative	муж (muj)	мужууд (mujuud)
genitive	мужийн (mujiin)	мужуудын (mujuudyn)
substantive genitive	мужийнх (mujiinkh)	мужуудынх (mujuudynkh)
dative-locative	мужид (mujid)	мужуудад (mujuudad)
attributive locative	муж дахь (muj dakhi)	мужууд дахь (mujuud dakhi)
definite accusative	мужийг (mujiig)	мужуудыг (mujuudyg)
ablative	мужаас (mujaas)	мужуудаас (mujuudaas)
instrumental	мужаар (mujaar)	мужуудаар (mujuudaar)
comitative	мужтай (mujtai)	мужуудтай (mujuudtai)
prolative	муж руу (muj ruu)	мужууд руу (mujuud ruu)

Etymology 2

Noun

муж • (muj)

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Etymology 3

Adjective

муж • (muj)

1. odd

Etymology 4

Verb

муж • (muj)

1. imperative of мужих (mujikh)

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Russian

Alternative forms

• мужъ (muž) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-, whence English man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

муж • (muž) m anim (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужья́, genitive plural муже́й)

1. husband

Declension

Declension of муж (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	му́ж múž	мужья́△ mužʹjá△
genitive	му́жа múža	муже́й△ mužéj△
dative	му́жу múžu	мужья́м△ mužʹjám△
accusative	му́жа múža	муже́й△ mužéj△
instrumental	му́жем múžem	мужья́ми△ mužʹjámi△
prepositional	му́же múže	мужья́х△ mužʹjáx△

^△ Irregular.

Synonyms

• супру́г m (suprúg)

Noun

муж • (muž) m anim (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужи́, genitive plural муже́й)

1. (dated, poetic) man

Declension

Declension of муж (anim masc-form sibilant-stem accent-c) 

	singular	plural
nominative	му́ж múž	мужи́ muží
genitive	му́жа múža	муже́й mužéj
dative	му́жу múžu	мужа́м mužám
accusative	му́жа múža	муже́й mužéj
instrumental	му́жем múžem	мужа́ми mužámi
prepositional	му́же múže	мужа́х mužáx

Related terms

• му́жний (múžnij)
• мужско́й (mužskój)
• му́жество (múžestvo)
• мужчи́на (mužčína)
• заму́жество (zamúžestvo)

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Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Noun

муж • (muž)

1. man (adult male)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *man-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mûːʒ/

Noun

му̑ж m (Latin spelling mȗž)

1. husband
2. (regional) man (an adult human male)
3. (regional, archaic) peasant, farmer, villager

Declension

Declension of муж

	singular	plural
nominative	муж	мужеви
genitive	мужа	мужева
dative	мужу	мужевима
accusative	мужа	мужеве
vocative	мужу	мужеви
locative	мужу	мужевима
instrumental	мужем	мужевима

Synonyms

• (husband): су̏пруг

References

• “муж” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʒ]

• Audio

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Noun

муж • (muž) m pers (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужі́, genitive plural мужі́в)

1. husband
2. (dated) man

Declension

Declension of муж (pers semisoft masc-form accent-c)

	singular	plural
nominative	муж muž	мужі́ muží
genitive	му́жа múža	мужі́в mužív
dative	му́жеві, му́жу múževi, múžu	мужа́м mužám
accusative	му́жа múža	мужі́в mužív
instrumental	му́жем múžem	мужа́ми mužámy
locative	му́жеві, му́жі múževi, múži	мужа́х mužáx
vocative	му́же múže	мужі́ muží

Synonyms

• чолові́к (čolovík)
• супру́г (suprúh, “husband, spouse”)

Antonyms

• жі́нка (žínka, “woman, wife”)
• дружи́на (družýna, “wife”)
• супру́га (suprúha, “wife, spouse”)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “муж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 томах [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 volumes] (in Ukrainian), volume 4, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 820