мужчина

Russian

Мужчи́на

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century as мущи́на (muščína)[1], from Old East Slavic *мужьщина (*mužĭščina), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžьščina, from *mǫžьskъ + *-ina, from *mǫžь + *-ьskъ. By surface analysis, мужско́й (mužskój) + -ина (-ina). Cognates include Ukrainian мужчи́на (mužčýna), Belarusian мужчы́на (mužčýna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊˈɕːinə]
  • (file)

Noun

мужчи́на • (mužčína) m anim (genitive мужчи́ны, nominative plural мужчи́ны, genitive plural мужчи́н, relational adjective мужско́й, augmentative мужчи́нище)

  1. man (male person)

Declension

See also

References

  1. Filin, F. P., editor (1982), мужчина (мущина)”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.] (in Russian), issue 9 (м – мяшин-), Moscow: Nauka, page 305

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), *mǫžьščina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 166
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), мущина”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫžьščina. Cognates include Russian мужчи́на (mužčína), Belarusian мужчы́на (mužčýna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʊʒˈt͡ʃɪnɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

мужчи́на • (mužčýna) m pers (genitive мужчи́ни, nominative plural мужчи́ни, genitive plural мужчи́н)

  1. man (male person)
    Synonym: (more common) чолові́к (čolovík)

Declension

References

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