мужик

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From муж (muž, “man (dated); husband”) +‎ -ик (-ik).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʊˈʐɨk]
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Noun

мужи́к • (mužík) m anim (genitive мужика́, nominative plural мужики́, genitive plural мужико́в, relational adjective мужи́цкий or мужи́чий, diminutive мужичо́к, augmentative мужичи́ще, pejorative мужичо́нка or мужичи́шка)

  1. (low colloquial) man (male person); (UK) bloke, (US) dude, fella, guy
    Synonym: (regular term) мужчи́на (mužčína)
    Antonym: (derogatory) ба́ба (bába)
  2. (colloquial) husband
    Synonyms: (regular term) муж (muž), (formal) супру́г (suprúg)
  3. (colloquial, approving) a man as a bearer of masculine qualities; man, macho man, real man
    Synonyms: ма́чо (máčo), мужла́н (mužlán)
  4. (colloquial) Term of address for men to each other
    Послу́шайте, мужики́! ― Poslúšajte, mužikí! ― Listen, men!
  5. (rude, archaic, vernacular) coarse, uncouth man; boor
    Synonym: мужла́н (mužlán)
  6. (historical, Tsarist Russia) commoner, peasant; mujik/muzhik
    Synonyms: крестья́нин (krestʹjánin), простолюди́н (prostoljudín)
  7. (criminal slang) ordinary convict working conscientiously in a prison camp

Declension
Declension of мужи́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative мужи́к
mužík		 мужики́
mužikí
genitive мужика́
mužiká		 мужико́в
mužikóv
dative мужику́
mužikú		 мужика́м
mužikám
accusative мужика́
mužiká		 мужико́в
mužikóv
instrumental мужико́м
mužikóm		 мужика́ми
mužikámi
prepositional мужике́
mužiké		 мужика́х
mužikáx

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Armenian: մուժիկ (mužik)
  • → Azerbaijani: mujik
  • → English: mujik, muzhik
  • → French: moujik
  • → Georgian: მუჯიკი (muǯiḳi)
  • → German: Muschik, Mushik
  • → Polish: mużyk
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