мож

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak môž, possibly a clipping of možno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɔʃ
• Hyphenation: мож

Predicative

мож (mož)

1. it is possible, (one/you) can (be)

   2024 September 2, Ол. Живкович, “Ґастрономия за каждого”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

   Шицко тото мож швидко и ефикасно поробиц зоз телефоном кед ши схопни и презентовац явносци – толкує Бранимир.

   Šicko toto mož švidko i efikasno porobic zoz telefonom ked ši sxopni i prezentovac javnosci – tolkuje Branimir.

   All this can be done quickly and efficiently over the phone if you are capable of presenting it to the public - explains Branimir.

   2024 September 17, А. Балатинац, “Учителька хтора жиє свой сон (I)”, in Руске Слово‎^[2]:

   Року 2002. понукнути були три модели по хторих мож було учиц наш язик.

   Roku 2002. ponuknuti buli tri modeli po xtorix mož bulo učic naš jazik.

   In 2002, three models were offered, according to which our language could be taught.

2. it is allowed, it is permitted

   Synonym: шлєбодно (šljebodno)

   мож єсц по било ― mož jesc po bilo ― it is allowed to eat dairy products (literally, “it is allowed to eat by the white”)

Usage notes

• Functionally equivalent to Polish można, Russian можно (možno), and Serbo-Croatian може се／može se.
• Despite being a very prevalent word in Pannonian Rusyn, мож (mož) is not listed as a separate term in some major dictionaries; this may be due to conflation with може (može), an inflection of мочи (moči) and an adverb in its own right, however they are functionally distinct.

Related terms

adjectives

• можлїви (možljivi)

 

verbs

• мочи impf or pf (moči)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1995), "моћи", in Ramač, Ju., editor, Српско-русински речник [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbian), Vol. 1, Belgrade, Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 681
• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “по било”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy