муж

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь. Cognate with Polish mąż.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʂ]

Noun

1. husband

   Antonym: жо́нка (žónka)

2. (dated) man

   Synonym: мужчы́на (mužčýna)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊt͡ɕ/, [mo̙t͡ɕ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mongolic *muji, compare Daur moj.

Noun

муж • (muž) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi)); (regular declension)

1. province (administrative division)

   Хэбэй муж

   Xebej muž

   Hebei province

2. area

Usage notes

• Муж (Muž) is not an official administrative division of Mongolia, it is mostly used to refer to divisions in other countries.
• For provinces of Mongolia аймаг (ajmag) is used.

Etymology 2

Noun

муж • (muž)

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Etymology 3

Adjective

муж • (muž)

1. odd

Etymology 4

Verb

муж • (muž)

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of мужих (mužix)

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Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

1. husband

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.

Synonyms

• супру́г m (suprúg)

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 Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Noun

муж • (muž)

1. man (adult male)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *man-.

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 Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muʒ]

• Audio:

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Noun

1. husband
2. (dated) man

Synonyms

• чолові́к (čolovík)
• супру́г (suprúh, “husband, spouse”)

Antonyms

• жі́нка (žínka, “woman, wife”)
• дружи́на (družýna, “wife”)
• супру́га (suprúha, “wife, spouse”)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “муж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka