муж

See also: мѫжь

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), 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	Cyrillic
ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi)	муж (muj)

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

   Hebey 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 (aymag) is used.

Declension

Declension of муж (а-harmonic regular) 

attributive	муж muj
	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	муж muj	мужууд mujuud
genitive	мужийн mujiyn	мужуудын mujuudïn
accusative	мужийг mujiyg	мужуудыг mujuudïg
dative-locative	мужид mujid	мужуудад mujuudad
ablative	мужаас mujaas	мужуудаас mujuudaas
instrumental	мужаар mujaar	мужуудаар mujuudaar
comitative	мужтай mujtay	мужуудтай mujuudtay
privative	мужгүй mujgüy	мужуудгүй mujuudgüy
directive	муж руу muj ruu	мужууд руу mujuud ruu

Reflexive possessive forms 

	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	мужаа mujaa	мужуудаа mujuudaa
genitive	мужийнхаа mujiynhaa	мужуудынхаа mujuudïnhaa
accusative	мужийгаа mujiygaa	мужуудыгаа mujuudïgaa
dative-locative	муждаа mujdaa	мужууддаа mujuuddaa
ablative	мужаасаа mujaasaa	мужуудаасаа mujuudaasaa
instrumental	мужаараа mujaaraa	мужуудаараа mujuudaaraa
comitative	мужтайгаа mujtaygaa	мужуудтайгаа mujuudtaygaa
privative	мужгүйгээ mujgüygee	мужуудгүйгээ mujuudgüygee
directive	муж руугаа muj ruugaa	мужууд руугаа mujuud ruugaa

independent genitive	singular / indefinite	definite plural
singular possession	мужийнх mujiynh	мужуудынх mujuudïnh
collective possession	мужийнхан mujiynhan	мужуудынхан mujuudïnhan

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 (mujih)

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Russian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-, whence English man.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): [muʂ]

Noun

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

1. husband

   Synonym: супру́г (suprúg)

   Antonyms: жена́ f (žená), супру́га f (suprúga)

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.

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 Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Noun

муж • (muž)

1. man (adult male)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

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 Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʒ]

• Audio

  (file)

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 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 4, Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 820