# муж
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* muž — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian мужъ (muž), from Old East Slavic мѫжь (mǫžĭ), мужь (mužĭ), 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

attributive
муж muž
singular / indefinite
definite plural
nominative
муж muž
мужууд mužuud
genitive
мужийн mužiin
мужуудын mužuudyn
accusative
мужийг mužiig
мужуудыг mužuudyg
dative-locative
мужид mužid
мужуудад mužuudad
ablative
мужаас mužaas
мужуудаас mužuudaas
instrumental
мужаар mužaar
мужуудаар mužuudaar
comitative
мужтай mužtaj
мужуудтай mužuudtaj
privative
мужгүй mužgüj
мужуудгүй mužuudgüj
directive
муж руу muž ruu
мужууд руу mužuud ruu
Reflexive possessive forms 
singular / indefinite
definite plural
nominative
мужаа mužaa
мужуудаа mužuudaa
genitive
мужийнхаа mužiinxaa
мужуудынхаа mužuudynxaa
accusative
мужийгаа mužiigaa
мужуудыгаа mužuudygaa
dative-locative
муждаа muždaa
мужууддаа mužuuddaa
ablative
мужаасаа mužaasaa
мужуудаасаа mužuudaasaa
instrumental
мужаараа mužaaraa
мужуудаараа mužuudaaraa
comitative
мужтайгаа mužtajgaa
мужуудтайгаа mužuudtajgaa
privative
мужгүйгээ mužgüjgee
мужуудгүйгээ mužuudgüjgee
directive
муж руугаа muž ruugaa
мужууд руугаа mužuud ruugaa
independent genitive
singular / indefinite
definite plural
singular possession
мужийнх mužiinx
мужуудынх mužuudynx
collective possession
мужийнхан mužiinxan
мужуудынхан mužuudynxan :

### 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