Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mǫžьščina

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *mǫžьskъ +‎ *-ina, from *mǫ̑žь.^[1]

Noun

*mǫžьščina m^[1]

man (male person)
Synonym: *mǫžь

Declension

Declension of *mǫžьščina (hard a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mǫžьščina	*mǫžьščině	*mǫžьščiny
genitive	*mǫžьščiny	*mǫžьščinu	*mǫžьščinъ
dative	*mǫžьščině	*mǫžьščinama	*mǫžьščinamъ
accusative	*mǫžьščinǫ	*mǫžьščině	*mǫžьščiny
instrumental	mǫžьščinojǫ, mǫžьščinǫ^**	*mǫžьščinama	*mǫžьščinami
locative	*mǫžьščině	*mǫžьščinu	mǫžьščinasъ, mǫžьščinaxъ^*
vocative	*mǫžьščino	*mǫžьščině	*mǫžьščiny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *мѫжьщина (*mǫžĭščina)
  - Old Ruthenian: мужчи́на (mužčína), мущы́на (muščýna)
    - Belarusian: мужчы́на (mužčýna); мушчы́на (muščýna), мушчэ́на (muščéna) (dialectal)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: мужчи́на (mužčýna)
    - Ukrainian: мужчи́на (mužčýna), мущи́на (muščýna) (rare)
  - Middle Russian: мужчи́на (mužčína), мущи́на (muščína) (16-17ᵗʰ c.)
    - Russian: мужчи́на (mužčína), мущи́на (muščína); мущы́н (muščýn), мужчи́нья (mužčínʹja) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мъшчина́ (mǎščiná) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: маштина (maština)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мушти́на, муштина́ (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: muštína, muštiná (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: mužština, mužčina
- Old Polish: mężczyzna
  - Polish: mężczyzna
  - → Old Ruthenian: мужчы́зна (mužčýzna), музчы́зна (muzčýzna), мущы́зна (muščýzna)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mužcyna, muscyna

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166

[ESSJa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166

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