мужчына

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мужчина (mužčina), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžьščina, from *mǫžь (whence муж (muž)). Cognate with Russian мужчи́на (mužčína).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʂˈt͡ʂɨna]

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Noun

мужчы́на • (mužčýna) m pers (genitive мужчы́ны, nominative plural мужчы́ны, genitive plural мужчы́н)

1. man (adult male)

Declension

Declension of мужчы́на (pr hard masc in -а accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	мужчы́на mužčýna	мужчы́ны mužčýny
genitive	мужчы́ны mužčýny	мужчы́н mužčýn
dative	мужчы́ну mužčýnu	мужчы́нам mužčýnam
accusative	мужчы́ну mužčýnu	мужчы́н mužčýn
instrumental	мужчы́нам mužčýnam	мужчы́намі mužčýnami
locative	мужчы́не mužčýnje	мужчы́нах mužčýnax
count form	—	мужчы́ны1 mužčýny1

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

References

• “мужчына” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org