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мужик

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Etymology

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From муж (muž, man (dated); husband) +‎ -ик (-ik).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʊˈʐɨk]
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Noun

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мужи́к (mužíkm anim (genitive мужика́, nominative plural мужики́, genitive plural мужико́в, relational adjective мужи́цкий or мужи́чий, diminutive мужичо́к, augmentative мужичи́ще, pejorative мужичо́нка or мужичи́шка, pejorative collective мужичьё)

  1. (low colloquial) man (male person); (UK) bloke, (US) dude, fella, guy
    Synonym: (regular term) мужчи́на (mužčína)
    Antonym: (derogatory) ба́ба (bába)
  2. (colloquial) husband
    Synonyms: (regular term) муж (muž), (formal) супру́г (suprúg)
  3. (colloquial, approving) a man as a bearer of masculine qualities; man, macho man, real man
    Synonyms: ма́чо (máčo), мужла́н (mužlán)
  4. (colloquial) Term of address for men to each other
    Послу́шайте, мужики́!Poslúšajte, mužikí!Listen, men!
  5. (rude, archaic, vernacular) coarse, uncouth man; boor
    Synonym: мужла́н (mužlán)
  6. (historical, Tsarist Russia) commoner, peasant; mujik/muzhik
    Synonyms: крестья́нин (krestʹjánin), простолюди́н (prostoljudín)
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Зимо́ю, когда́ в до́ме вста́вили двойны́е ра́мы, я не мог по-пре́жнему ча́сто ви́деться с де́душкой Ильёй и с други́ми мужика́ми.
      Zimóju, kogdá v dóme vstávili dvojnýje rámy, ja ne mog po-préžnemu částo vídetʹsja s déduškoj Ilʹjój i s drugími mužikámi.
      In winter, when the storm windows were put up, I couldn’t see Grandpa Ilya and the other muzhiks as often as before.
  7. (criminal slang) ordinary convict working conscientiously in a prison camp

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