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 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), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

muž m pers

  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, 2003–2025

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)
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