Man

Pronunciation

 * {{a|RP|}

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , probably from (compare also ).

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An adult male human.
 * 2) * 1599,, Henry V, act 4, scene 1:
 * The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
 * “it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons&thinsp;! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
 * 1)  All human males collectively: mankind.
 * 2) * 2011, Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In, page 109:
 * Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
 * 1) A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.
 * 2) * 1599,, Henry IV, Part 2, act 4, scene 2:
 * a man cannot make him laugh.
 * 1) * c. 1700, Monaco, Genoa, &c., page 9:
 * A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.
 * 1) * 1991 edition (original: 1953), Darell Huff, [//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics], pages 19–20:
 * Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day&mdash;a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?
 * 1)  All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.
 * 2) * 1647, Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:
 * How did God create man?
 * God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
 * 1)   A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
 * 2) * 1990, The Almanac of Science and Technology ISBN 0151050503, page 68:
 * The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man, in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.
 * 1) An male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
 * 2) * c. 1500 A Gest of Robyn Hode, in the Child Ballads:
 * For God is holde a ryghtwys man.
 * 1) * 1599,, Much Ado about Nothing, act 3, scene 5:
 * God's a good man.
 * 1) * 1609,, :
 * Expect: But was the devil a proper man, gossip?
 * As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.
 * 1) * 2008, Christopher Paolini, Brisingr: Or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular - Inheritance Book Three (ISBN 9780375826726), page 549:
 * Clearing a space between the tables, the men tested their prowess against one another with feats of wrestling and archery and bouts with quarterstaves. Two of the elves, a man and a woman, demonstrated their skill with swordplay—
 * 1) * 2014, Oisin McGann, Kings of the Realm: Cruel Salvation, Penguin UK (ISBN 9780141348704):
 * There was a pair of burly dwarves – a woman and a man – bearing the markings of the formidable Thane Guards.
 * 1) An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
 * 2) * 1883,, Treasure Island:
 * He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house
 * 1) * 2011, Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America ISBN 1456754610, page 181:
 * I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to thechildren and raise them.
 * 1)  Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
 * 2) * 1598,, 
 * Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man, and sweetness in his carriage, /
 * 1) A husband.
 * 2) * Book of Common Prayer:
 * I pronounce that they are man and wife.
 * 1) * 1715,, The Freeholder:
 * In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man.
 * 1) A lover; a boyfriend.
 * 2) A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.
 * 3) A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.
 * 4) A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
 * 5) * 2007, Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night ISBN 0778324567, page 553:
 * "She's the man for the job."
 * 1) * 2008, Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season ISBN 160239329X, page 148:
 * Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —
 * 1) * 2012, The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel ISBN 1622951999, page 34:
 * He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man.
 * 1) A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
 * 2) * 1909, Harper's Weekly, volume 53, page iii:
 * When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men.
 * 1) * 1913, Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life, page 46:
 * "And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.
 * 1) An adult male servant.
 * 2)  A vassal; a subject.
 * (old proverb)
 * 1) * c. 1700s William Blackstone:
 * The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
 * 1) A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
 * 2) * 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:
 * The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
 * : I, we;.
 * 1) * 2011, :
 * Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
 * 1)  A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
 * 2) * 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
 * "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
 * The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.
 * 1) A piece or token used in board games such as chess.
 * 2) * 1883, Henry Richter, Chess Simplified!, page 4:
 * The white men are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black men are placed opposite.
 * : I, we;.
 * 1) * 2011, :
 * Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.
 * 1)  A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
 * 2) * 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
 * "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
 * 1)  A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
 * 2) * 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
 * "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."
 * 1) * 2018 Dinny Navaratnam, Andrews will learn from experience: Fagan Brisbane Lions, 30 July 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018.
 * "It was a brutal return to football for Brisbane Lions defender Harris Andrews as his man Tom Hawkins booted seven goals but Lions Coach Chris Fagan said the team's defensive faults, rather than the backman's, allowed the big Cat to dominate."

Usage notes

 * The use of “man” (compare Old English:, , ) to mean both “human (of any gender)” and “adult male”, which developed after Old English’s distinct term for the latter fell out of use, has been criticized since at least the second half of the twentieth century. Critics claim that the use of “man”, both alone and in compounds, to denote a human or any gender “is now often regarded as sexist or at best old-fashioned”, “flatly discriminatory in that it slights or ignores the membership of women in the human race”. The American Heritage Dictionary wrote that in 2004 75-79% of their usage panel still accepted sentences with generic man, and 86-87% accepted sentences with . Some style guides recommend against generic “man”, and “although some editors and writers reject or disregard [...] objections to man as a generic, many now choose instead to use” ,  or  instead.
 * This generic usage is still well-preserved in certain dialects, pidgins, and creoles of English, as well as fixed expressions and certain religious documents and declarations such as the Nicene Creed (e.g. "...for us men and our salvation..."). Consideration of this has often led to accusations of the critics of the generic man as enforcing linguistic prescriptivism.
 * See also 

Synonyms

 * ; ; see more at Thesaurus:man
 * ,, see more at Thesaurus:person
 * see Thesaurus:board game piece

Interjection

 * Man, that was a great catch!
 * Man, that was a great catch!

Etymology 2
From, from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
 * The ship was manned with a small crew.
 * 1)  To take up position in order to operate (something).
 * Man the machine guns!
 * 1)  To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way.
 * 2)  To wait on, attend to or escort.
 * 3)  To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
 * 1)  To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

Noun

 * 1) moon

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Alternative forms

 * Tosk:
 * Gheg: ,

Etymology
Syncopated form of Gheg, from. Compare 🇨🇬, said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort, and (Dacian loan).

Noun

 * 1) mulberry, mulberry tree

Hyponyms

 * (Morus alba)
 * (Morus rubra)
 * (Morus nigra)
 * (Fragoria vesca)

Pronoun

 * 1) I,

Noun

 * 1) water

Noun

 * 1) bird

Adverb

 * 1) also

Noun

 * 1) bird

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1)  manly; masculine

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) man

Adjective

 * 1) male

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Etymology 1
From, from , cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
The same word as the noun. .

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) man, human male, either adult or age-irrespective
 * 2) husband, male spouse
 * 1) husband, male spouse

Usage notes

 * The normal plural is mannen. The unchanged form man is used after numerals only; it refers to the size of a group rather than a number of individuals. For example: In totaal verloren er 5000 man hun leven in die slag. (“5000 men altogether lost their lives in that battle.”) The plural mans is dated, now mostly occurring in nautical contexts or in dialect.
 * Compound words with -man as their last component often take - or - in the plural, rather than -mannen. For example: →  (alongside  and ).
 * Various alternative diminutives exist, including (used especially in Flanders) and the dialectal.

Verb

 * I, he, she, it will / may
 * I, he, she, it will / may

Derived terms

 * (so) - this may be (so)
 * man  beinari - this will doubtless be more correct

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, they indefinite third-person singular pronoun

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Noun

 * 1) foot

Etymology
From Old Galician and, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hand
 * 2)  ownership; protection; power; grasp

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , probably ultimately from. Originally the same word as, which see for more. The same construct in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) one, you indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular
 * Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will.
 * You can’t always get what you want.
 * Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen.
 * Sometimes one must compromise.
 * 1) * 2008, Frank Behmeta, Wenn ich die Augen öffne, page 55:
 * Kann man es fühlen, wenn man schwanger ist?
 * Can one feel that one is pregnant?
 * 1) they, people people in general
 * Zumindest sagt man das so...
 * At least that’s what they say...
 * 1) someone, somebody some unspecified person
 * 2) they some unspecified group of people

Usage notes

 * Man is used in the nominative case only; for the oblique cases forms of the pronoun are used. For example: Man kann nicht immer tun, was einen glücklich macht. — One cannot always do what makes one happy.
 * Since man derives from the same source as, its use is considered problematic by some feminists. They have proposed alternating man and the feminine neologism , or using the generic neologism . This usage has gained some currency in feminist and left-wing publications, but remains rare otherwise.
 * In the sense of “someone,” man is often translated using the passive voice (“I was told that...” rather than “someone told me that...”).

Etymology 2
From. A contraction of. Compare a similar contraction in 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  just; only

Etymology
From. A contraction of. Compare a similar contraction in 🇨🇬.

Conjunction

 * 1)  only; but

Synonyms

 * avers, awer (and many variations thereof; for which, see those entries)
 * bloots

Etymology 1
From, perhaps from (with unstressed prefix ).

Noun

 * 1)  slaves
 * 2)  a female slave
 * 3)  maiden

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) the act of daring someone to do something; provocation, dare

Etymology 3
Appears in Guðbrandur Þorláksson’s 1584 Bible translation. Borrowed from (in Luther’s 1534 German Bible), from.

Noun

 * 1)  manna

Verb

 * 1) ; I remember
 * 2) ; he/she/it remembers
 * 1) ; he/she/it remembers

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Pronoun

 * 1) to me;

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) human
 * 2) person
 * 3) man, male
 * 4) husband
 * 5) subordinate

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, you.

Etymology 2
From.

Pronoun

 * 1)  you

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  hand

Adjective

 * 1) my (belonging to me)

Etymology
From, from.

Pronoun

 * 1)  my

Verb

 * 1) to stay
 * 2) to remain

Pronoun

 * 1) you
 * 2) one
 * 3) they
 * 4) people

Noun

 * 1) a mane of a horse

Noun

 * 1) mane of a horse

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology
From, from , probably ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) human, person
 * 2) man, male

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) one, you indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular
 * 2) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read"
 * "ang"
 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in September, When Job Is Read"
 * "ang"

- Man sċeal lǣwedum mannum seċġan be heora andġietes mǣðe, swā þæt hīe ne bēon þurh þā dēopnesse ǣmōde ne þurh þā langsumnesse ǣþrȳtte.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael"
 * "ang"

- Sē hrōf ēac swelċe hæfde mislīċe hēanesse: on sumre stōwe hine man meahte mid hēafde ġerǣċan, on sumre mid handa earfoþlīċe.


 * 1) they, people people in general
 * 2) someone, somebody some unspecified person
 * 3) they some unspecified group of people
 * 4) often used where modern English would use the passive voice
 * 5) * Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "On the Beginning of Creation"
 * "ang"
 * 1) often used where modern English would use the passive voice
 * 2) * Early 11th century, Wulfstan, "On the Beginning of Creation"
 * "ang"

- Þā sē Hǣlend ċild wæs, eall hine man fēdde swā man ōðer ċildru fētt. Hē læġ on cradole bewunden, ealswā ōðer ċildru dōþ. Hine man bær oþ hē self gān meahte.

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology 3
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) crime, sin, wickedness

Etymology
From, from , from , probably ultimately from.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) man

Noun

 * 1) household, house-folk, bondslaves
 * 2) bondwoman, female slave
 * 3) woman, maid
 * 4) * 900-1100, The, verse 7:
 * "non"

- Sáttir þínar er ek vil snemma hafa ok þat gjaforð geta; eiga vilja heldr en án vera þat it mjallhvíta man.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand (anatomy)

Etymology
From, from , probably ultimately from.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) human, person
 * 2) man

Synonyms




Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Adverb

 * 1) also

Usage notes

 * Unlike mar, man does not lenite the following word.

Noun

 * 1)  man, guy, dude

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  man, male human

Verb

 * 1) to be able to

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , probably ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) man adult male human
 * 2) husband
 * 3) a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop
 * 1) husband
 * 2) a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop
 * 1) a member of a crew, workforce or (military) troop

Declension
Definitions 1, 2 and 3:

Definition 3:

Usage notes
The unchanged plural man is sometimes used after numerals. It means "men" as a measure for size or strength of a group rather than individuals:
 * Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German where Mann can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.
 * Military or police personnel, team members, demonstrators and the like are often counted using this unchanged plural. The same goes with German where Mann can have an unchanged plural form in this particular case.

Not used in other contexts, where could be confused with a man in general.

Pronoun

 * 1)  one, they; people in general

Declension
See Template:sv-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) mane of a horse or lion

Adverb

 * 1) although; even if; even though
 * 2) also

Noun

 * 1) bird

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) man adult male human

Adjective

 * 1) male

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) husband
 * 2) a married man
 * 3) any man

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hand

Etymology
..

Numeral

 * 1)   ten thousand; myriad
 * một man
 * ten thousand

Etymology
Borrowed from (compare Dutch:, Swedish: , Norwegian: , German: , German Low German: , Yiddish: ).

Noun

 * 1) man adult male human

Derived terms

 * dolafulaman
 * lüodaman
 * manadigöf
 * manafied
 * manageilot
 * manageilotik
 * manajit
 * manaklot
 * manaklotem


 * manalien (tribütabima)
 * manalunot
 * manamod
 * manamodo
 * mananam
 * mananäm
 * manapenät
 * manapörträt
 * mandragoramanil
 * manef


 * manik
 * manil
 * manisasen
 * man maleditilik
 * manüp
 * man vönädaleguda
 * miligaman
 * pödaman
 * pösod manik
 * visoman
 * vöd manik

Etymology
From, from , from , same source as 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) place

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  man
 * 2)  husband
 * 1)  husband

Etymology
From, from.

Conjunction

 * 1) meanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
 * tyst man jag sȯf
 * be quiet while I sleep

Noun

 * 1) neck

Pronoun

 * 1) I first-person singular subject pronoun

Noun

 * 1) man
 * 2) husband

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  man
 * 2)  husband