заміж

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic за мужь (za mužĭ, literally behind the husband), from Proto-Slavic *za + *mǫ̑žь.[1] Compare Russian за́муж (zámuž), Old Church Slavonic за мѫжь (za mǫžĭ), Polish za mąż, Slovene zamož.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzamʲiʒ]
  • (file)

Adverb

за́між • (zámiž)

  1. (chiefly used in collocations) married (to a man)

Derived terms

  • замі́жжя n (zamížžja)
  • замі́жній (zamížnij)
Multiword terms

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “заміж”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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