мужчина

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Russian

Мужчи́на

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century as мущи́на (muščína); the word is still pronounced in a way that is directly rendered by this outdated spelling, but the current spelling more explicitly displays the etymology and the even older Slavic sound structure. From Old East Slavic *мѫжьщина (*mǫžĭščina), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžьščina, from *mǫžьskъ +‎ *-ina, from *mǫžь +‎ *-ьskъ. Equivalent to мужско́й (mužskój) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊˈɕːinə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

мужчи́на (mužčínam anim (genitive мужчи́ны, nominative plural мужчи́ны, genitive plural мужчи́н)

  1. man

Declension

See also

References

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мущина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress