muž
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)
Declension
Derived terms
- vzmužit
- zmužit
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), 2008–2025
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)
- (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
Declension
| 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 |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: muž
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “muž”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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)
- husband
- Synonym: sȕprug
- (regional) man (an adult human male)
- (regional, archaic) peasant, farmer, villager
Declension
| 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
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | muž | muži, mužovia |
| genitive | muža | mužov |
| dative | mužovi | mužom |
| accusative | muža | mužov |
| locative | mužovi | mužoch |
| instrumental | mužom | mužmi |
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
- man (adult male human)
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
muž
- second/third-person singular imperative of mužić
Further reading
- “muž” in Soblex