# муж
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* muž — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), мужь (mužĭ), from Old Ruthenian мужъ (muž), from Proto-Slavic *mǫ̑žь. Cognate with Russian and Ukrainian муж (muž).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muʂ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uʂ
* Hyphenation: муж

### Noun

муж • (muž) m pers (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужы́, genitive plural мужо́ў, relational adjective му́жаў)
* husband (a married man in relation to his wife)
    Coordinate term: жо́нка (žónka)
* (literary) man
    Synonym: мужчы́на (mužčýna)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* му́жны (múžny)

### References

* “муж”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “муж” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Carpathian Rusyn
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

### Noun

муж • (muž)
* man (adult male)

## Mongolian

| Mongolian | Cyrillic |
| ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi) | муж (muž) |

### Pronunciation

* (Ulaanbaatar) IPA: /mʊt͡ɕ/, [mo̙t͡ɕ]

### Etymology 1

From Classical Mongolian ᠮᠤᠵᠢ (muǰi), from Proto-Mongolic *muji. Cognate with Buryat можо (možo), Daur moj.

#### Noun

муж • (muž); (regular declension)
* province (administrative division)
    Хэбэй мужXebej mužHebei province
* area

##### Usage notes

* Муж (Muž) is not an official administrative division of Mongolia, it is mostly used to refer to divisions in other countries.
* For provinces of Mongolia аймаг (ajmag) is used.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

муж • (muž)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

муж • (muž)
* odd

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

муж • (muž)
* imperative of мужих (mužix)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* мужъ (muž) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-, whence English man.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [muʂ]

### Noun

муж • (muž) m anim (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужья́, genitive plural муже́й, diminutive муженёк)
* husband
    Synonym: супру́г (suprúg)
    Antonyms: жена́ f (žená), супру́га f (suprúga)

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

### Noun

муж • (muž) m anim (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужи́, genitive plural муже́й)
* (dated, poetic) man

#### Related terms

* му́жний (múžnij)
* мужско́й (mužskój)
* му́жество (múžestvo)
* мужчи́на (mužčína)
* заму́жество (zamúžestvo)

### References

* Isačenko, A. V. (1954‒1965) Грамматический строй русского языка в сопоставлении с словацким: Морфология: I‒II [Grammatical Structure of the Russian Language in Comparison to Slovak. Morphology. Pr. 1 & 2] (in Russian), Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences; ‎2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Сultures, 2003, →ISBN, page 78

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mûːʒ/

### Noun

му̑ж m (Latin spelling mȗž)
* husband
    Synonym: су̏пруг
* (regional) man (an adult human male)
* (regional, archaic) peasant, farmer, villager

#### Declension
### References

* “муж”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mǫžь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [muʒ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

муж • (muž) m pers (genitive му́жа, nominative plural мужі́, genitive plural мужі́в)
* husband
* (dated) man

#### Synonyms

* чолові́к (čolovík)
* супру́г (suprúh, “husband, spouse”)

#### Antonyms

* жі́нка (žínka, “woman, wife”)
* дружи́на (družýna, “wife”)
* супру́га (suprúha, “wife, spouse”)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “муж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka