Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "man" in Russian

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мужчина

Meaning: man, male

Pronunciation: [moozh-SHIH-nah]

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #381 (see frequency list)

Look, what a tall man!
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Example sentences:

Посмотри́, какóй высóкий мужчи́на!
Look, what a tall man!
Твой муж – красáвец-мужчи́на.
Your husband is a handsome man.
Мужчи́на! Вы за кем стои́те?
Sir, who comes before you? (addressing a man in the line)
literal Man, who are you standing behind? (in the line)
Восьмóго мáрта мужчи́ны дáрят жéнщинам цветы́.
On the 8th of March men give flowers to women.
Мне не везëт с мужчи́нами.
I do not have luck with men.
В то врéмя он был ужé женáтым мужчи́ной.
He was already married at the time.
literal He was already a married man at the time.
Жéнщины поздравля́ют мужчи́н двáдцать трéтьего февраля́.
Women congratulate men on the 23rd of February.
Мáма, я вы́йду зáмуж тóлько за cи́льного, настоя́щего мужчи́ну!
Mum, I will only marry a strong, real man!
Ви́дно бы́ло, что в дóме нет мужчи́ны.
You could see there was no man in the house.
literal It was seen there was no man in the house.
Престу́пник был мужчи́ной срéдних лет.
The criminal was a middle-aged man.

Idioms and set expressions:

поговори́ть как мужчи́на с мужчи́ной = to have a man-to-man talk with smb
настоя́щий мужчи́на = a real man
стать мужчи́ной = to mature

Related words:

мáльчик = a boy
ю́ноша = a young man
молодóй человéк = a young man
мужскóй = man, male (adjective)

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	мужчи́на	мужчи́ны
Genitive	мужчи́ны	мужчи́н
Dative	мужчи́не	мужчи́нам
Accusative	мужчи́ну	мужчи́н
Instrumental	мужчи́ной, мужчи́ною	мужчи́нами
Prepositional	мужчи́не	мужчи́нах

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