Alternative forms

• мущи́на (muščína) — obsolete

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century as мущи́на (muščína),^[1] from Old East SlavicCategory:Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic#МУЖЧИНА *мѫжьщина (*mǫžĭščina) or borrowed from PolishCategory:Russian terms borrowed from Polish#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian terms derived from Polish#МУЖЧИНА mężczyzna, from Proto-SlavicCategory:Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#МУЖЧИНА *mǫžьščina, from *mǫžьskъ +‎ *-ina, from *mǫžь +‎ *-ьskъ. By surface analysis, мужско́й (mužskój) +‎ -ина (-ina)Category:Russian terms suffixed with -ина#МУЖЧИНА. Cognates include Ukrainian мужчи́на (mužčýna), Belarusian мужчы́на (mužčýna), Polish mężczyzna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊˈɕːinə]Category:Russian 3-syllable words#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian terms with IPA pronunciation#МУЖЧИНА

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Noun

мужчи́на • (mužčína) m anim (genitive мужчи́ныCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#МУЖЧИНА, nominative plural мужчи́ныCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#МУЖЧИНА, genitive plural мужчи́нCategory:Russian links with redundant wikilinks#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian links with redundant alt parameters#МУЖЧИНА, relational adjective мужско́й, augmentative мужчи́нище)Category:Russian lemmas#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian entries with incorrect language header#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian masculine nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Russian animate nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Pages with entries#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Pages with 2 entries#МУЖЧИНА

1. man (male person)

See also

• же́нщина (žénščina)
• муж (muž, “husband”)

References

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Proto-SlavicCategory:Ukrainian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Ukrainian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#МУЖЧИНА *mǫžьščina. Cognates include Russian мужчи́на (mužčína), Belarusian мужчы́на (mužčýna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʊʒˈt͡ʃɪnɐ]Category:Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation#МУЖЧИНА

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Ukrainian terms with audio pronunciation#МУЖЧИНА

Noun

мужчи́на • (mužčýna) m pers (genitive мужчи́ни, nominative plural мужчи́ни, genitive plural мужчи́н)Category:Ukrainian lemmas#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Ukrainian nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Ukrainian entries with incorrect language header#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Ukrainian masculine nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Ukrainian personal nouns#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Pages with entries#МУЖЧИНАCategory:Pages with 2 entries#МУЖЧИНА

1. man (male person)

   Synonym: (more common) чолові́к (čolovík)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мужчина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “мужчина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎