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As far as I know, "married" (man) is женатый (short form женат) and "married" (woman) is замужняя (short form замужем).
Likewise, the verb "to marry" with a man as the subject is жениться/пожениться and with a woman as the subject, it becomes выходить замуж/выйти замуж.
But, is there a generic word for both genders? How can I say "they got married"?
I've heard of "Они поженились", but I'm not sure.
Well, there's official and very pompous "сочетаться браком" or even "сочетаться узами брака" but no one sane will use it in casual speech. "Пожениться" is indeed the form that can be used in general.
Other words worth to know:
расписаться (here - зарегистрировать в официальном учреждении свой брак с кем-либо )
бракосочетаться (almost as bad as "сочетаться браком")
обвенчаться - strictly speaking, it's only about a marriage committed in church but in real-life usage it's quite often about any official marriage.
ограбление and кража being confused, but still a thing.
When speaking about a married couple as a whole (in plural) "они поженились", or even "они женаты" can be used, even though, strictly speaking, only the man "поженился/женат", the woman "вышла замуж/замужем". Can't think of any common singular synonym that can be used for both sexes. In more official language, you could say "состоит в браке" or "вступил[а] в брак", "заключил[а] брак" (although the inflection still spoils the gender neutrality somewhat).
находится в браке a synonym to состоит в браке
Jan 25, 2018 at 14:08
marriageandmaritalare themselves related to husbandmaritusin Latin, so even English in this respect isn't neutral albeit only etymologically