мужчина
Russian
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since the 16th century as мущи́на (muščína); the word is still pronounced in a way that is directly rendered by this outdated spelling, but the current spelling more explicitly displays the etymology and the even older Slavic sound structure.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
Noun
мужчи́на • (mužčína) m anim (genitive мужчи́ны, nominative plural мужчи́ны, genitive plural мужчи́н)
Declension
Declension of мужчи́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | мужчи́на mužčína |
мужчи́ны mužčíny |
genitive | мужчи́ны mužčíny |
мужчи́н mužčín |
dative | мужчи́не mužčíne |
мужчи́нам mužčínam |
accusative | мужчи́ну mužčínu |
мужчи́н mužčín |
instrumental | мужчи́ной, мужчи́ною mužčínoj, mužčínoju |
мужчи́нами mužčínami |
prepositional | мужчи́не mužčíne |
мужчи́нах mužčínax |
Pre-reform declension of мужчи́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | мужчи́на mužčína |
мужчи́ны mužčíny |
genitive | мужчи́ны mužčíny |
мужчи́нъ mužčín |
dative | мужчи́нѣ mužčíně |
мужчи́намъ mužčínam |
accusative | мужчи́ну mužčínu |
мужчи́нъ mužčín |
instrumental | мужчи́ной, мужчи́ною mužčínoj, mužčínoju |
мужчи́нами mužčínami |
prepositional | мужчи́нѣ mužčíně |
мужчи́нахъ mužčínax |
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
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