muž

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈmuʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: muž
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

muž m anim (diminutive mužík)

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
verbs

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

muž m anim (diminutive mužack)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmuʒ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmuʃ/

Noun

muž m pers

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

Declension

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

  • IPA(key): /mûːʒ/

Noun

mȗž m anim (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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muʃ/, [ˈmuʃ]
  • Audio (Bratislava):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

muž m pers (relational adjective mužský)

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

Declension

Declension of muž
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativemužmuži,
mužovia
genitivemužamužov
dativemužovimužom
accusativemužamužov
locativemužovimužoch
instrumentalmužommužmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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, 2003–2026

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmujʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ujʃ
  • Syllabification: muž

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫ̑žь.

Noun

muž m pers

  1. man (adult male human)
    • 1896, Nowy Zakoń: Do hornjoserbsćiny po rjedźe Vulgaty prelozistaj Jurij Luscanski a Michal Hórnik[1], Z nakladom towaŕstwa ss. Cyrilla a Methocija, page 274:
      Hdyž běch dźěćo, rěčach jako dźěćo, rozymjach jako dźěćo, myslach jako dźěćo. Hdyž pak buch muž, wotpołožich štož bě dźěsćowske.
      When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I shed what was childlike.
Declension

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