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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic за мужь (za mužĭ, literally “behind the husband”), from Proto-Slavic *za + *mǫ̑žь.[1] Compare Russian за́муж (zámuž), Old Church Slavonic за мѫжь (za mǫžĭ), Polish za mąż, Slovene zamož.
Pronunciation
Adverb
за́між • (zámiž)
- (chiefly used in collocations) married (to a man)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “заміж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “заміж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “заміж”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “заміж”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)