muž

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See also: muz and muz.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: muž
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

muž m anim

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

Declension

Declension of muž (soft masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative muž muži, mužové
genitive muže mužů
dative mužovi, muži mužům
accusative muže muže
vocative muži muži, mužové
locative mužovi, muži mužích
instrumental mužem muži

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “muž”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “muž”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “muž”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

muž m pers (diminutive mužack)

  1. (literary) man (adult male human)

Declension

Declension of muž
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative muž muža muže
Genitive muža mužowu mužow
Dative mužoju mužoma mužam
Accusative muža mužowu muže, mužow
Instrumental mužom mužoma mužami
Locative mužu mužoma mužach

Derived terms

Old Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

muž m pers

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

Declension

Declension of muž (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative muž mužě muži, mužové
genitive mužě mužú mužóv
dative mužu, mužovi mužoma mužóm
accusative mužě mužě mužě
vocative mužu mužě muži, mužové
locative mužu, mužovi mužú mužích
instrumental mužem mužoma muži
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: muž

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mȗž m (Cyrillic spelling му̑ж)

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

Declension

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

  • “muž” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

muž m anim (genitive singular muža, nominative plural muži, genitive plural mužov, declension pattern of chlap)

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

Declension

Declension of muž
singular plural
nominative muž muži, mužovia
genitive muža mužov
dative mužovi mužom
accusative muža mužov
locative mužovi mužoch
instrumental mužom mužmi

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  • “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, 2024

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫ̑žь.

Noun

muž m pers

  1. man (adult male human)
Declension
Declension of muž (masculine soft stem)
singular dual plural
nominative muž mužej mužojo
genitive muža mužow mužow, muži
dative mužej mužomaj mužam
accusative muža mužow mužow, muži
instrumental mužom mužomaj mužemi
locative mužu mužomaj mužach, mužoch
vocative mužo mužej mužojo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

muž

  1. second/third-person singular imperative of mužić

Further reading

  • “muž” in Soblex
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