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muž

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech muž, from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmuʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: muž
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

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muž m anim (diminutive mužík)

  1. man (an adult male human)
    Antonym: žena
  2. husband
    Synonyms: manžel, choť
    Antonyms: manželka, žena
    Muž tančí se svou ženou.The man is dancing with his wife.

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Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmuʃ/
  • Rhymes: -uʃ
  • Syllabification: muž

Noun

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muž m anim (diminutive mužack)

  1. (literary) man (adult male human)

Declension

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *man-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muž m pers

  1. man (an adult male human)
  2. husband

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: muž

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *man-, cognates to Slovene mož and Czech muž.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȗž m anim (Cyrillic spelling му̑ж)

  1. husband
    Synonym: sȕprug
  2. (regional) man (an adult human male)
  3. (regional, archaic) peasant, farmer, villager

Declension

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Declension of muž
singular plural
nominative muž muževi
genitive muža muževa
dative mužu muževima
accusative muža muževe
vocative mužu muževi
locative mužu muževima
instrumental mužem muževima

References

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  • muž”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *man-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muž m pers (relational adjective mužský)

  1. man (an adult male human)
  2. husband

Declension

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Declension of muž
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativemužmuži,
mužovia
genitivemužamužov
dativemužovimužom
accusativemužamužov
locativemužovimužoch
instrumentalmužommužmi

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • muž”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmujʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ujʃ
  • Syllabification: muž

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫ̑žь.

Noun

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muž m pers

  1. man (adult male human)
    • 1896, Nowy Zakoń: Do hornjoserbsćiny po rjedźe Vulgaty prelozistaj Jurij Luscanski a Michal Hórnik[1], Z nakladom towaŕstwa ss. Cyrilla a Methocija, page 274:
      Hdyž běch dźěćo, rěčach jako dźěćo, rozymjach jako dźěćo, myslach jako dźěćo. Hdyž pak buch muž, wotpołožich štož bě dźěsćowske.
      When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I shed what was childlike.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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muž

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of mužić

Further reading

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  • muž” in Soblex