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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech muž, from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.
Pronunciation
Noun
muž m anim
- man (an adult male human)
- Antonym: žena
- 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)
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)
- (literary) man (adult male human)
Declension
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
- man (an adult male human)
- husband
Declension
Descendants
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)
- husband
- Synonym: sȕprug
- (regional) man (an adult human male)
- (regional, archaic) peasant, farmer, villager
Declension
References
- “muž” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mangjás, from Proto-Indo-European *man-.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uʃ
Noun
muž m anim (genitive singular muža, nominative plural muži, genitive plural mužov, declension pattern of chlap)
- man (an adult male human)
- husband
Declension
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
- man (adult male human)
Declension
Declension of muž (masculine soft stem)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
muž
- second/third-person singular imperative of mužić
Further reading