мъж

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɤʃ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɤʃ

Noun

мъж • (mǎž) m (diminutive мъжле́)

1. man (adult male person)
2. husband (male spouse)

Declension

Declension of мъж

	singular	plural
indefinite	мъж mǎž	мъже́ mǎžé
definite (subject form)	мъжъ́т mǎžǎ́t	мъже́те mǎžéte
definite (object form)	мъжа́ mǎžá
vocative form	мъ́жо mǎ́žo	мъже́ mǎžé

Alternative forms

• маж (maž), муж (muž), мо̂ж (môž) — with dialectal reflexes of nasal -ǫ-

Derived terms

verbs

• (causative) възмъ́жавам (vǎzmǎ́žavam)
• (stative) мъже́я се (mǎžéja se)
• (causative-iterative) мъ́жя (mǎ́žja)
• омъ́жвам се (omǎ́žvam se, “to get a man, to marry”)
• премъ́жвам се (premǎ́žvam se, “to get married a second time”)

nouns

• (augmentative) мъжа́га (mǎžága)
• (abstract noun) мъжество́ (mǎžestvó)
• (instrumental noun) мъже́ц (mǎžéc)
• (augmentative) мъжи́ще (mǎžíšte)
• (agent noun) мъжка́р (mǎžkár, “male”)
• (augmentative) мъжчи́на (mǎžčína)

adjectives

• мъжа́т (mǎžát)
• мъ́жев (mǎ́žev)
• мъ́жки (mǎ́žki)
• мъжо́вен (mǎžóven)
• мъ́жчав (mǎ́žčav)

References

• “мъж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мъж”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899), “мѫжь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 106
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мъж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 373
• “мѫжь”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026