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Ukrainian
Etymology 1
From муж (muž) + -ній (-nij). Compare Belarusian му́жны (múžny), Polish mężny.
Pronunciation
Adjective
му́жній • (múžnij) (adverb му́жньо, abstract noun му́жність)
- manful, manly, courageous, stalwart, stouthearted, valiant, valorous (having or displaying qualities befitting a man, such as courage and steadfastness)
- Synonyms: безстра́шний (bezstrášnyj), відва́жний (vidvážnyj), до́блесний (dóblesnyj), рішу́чий (rišúčyj), смі́ли́вий (smílývyj), стійки́й (stijkýj), хоро́брий (xoróbryj), (rare) безбо́язний (bezbójaznyj)
- (rare) Synonym of змужні́лий (zmužnílyj, “grown up, mature, virile”) (said of a male)
Declension
Declension of му́жній (soft)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
мужні́й • (mužníj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of мужні́ти (mužníty)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мужній”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мужній”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “мужній”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “мужній”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “мужній”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)