ми

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -mi

Pronoun

ми • (mi) (personal, possessive)

1. Short form of the first-person singular pronoun in the dative case, used as the indirect object of a verb; to me, for me, me.

   Дай ми книгата.

   Daj mi knigata.

   Give me the book.

   Студено ми е.

   Studeno mi e.

   I'm cold.

   Спи ми се.

   Spi mi se.

   I'm sleepy.

2. Short form of the first-person singular possessive pronoun; my.

   Домът ми.

   Domǎt mi.

   My home.

   Това е новата ми кола.

   Tova e novata mi kola.

   This is my new car.

Related terms

Bulgarian personal pronouns

			nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)		dative (indirect complement)		prepositional
				full	short	full	short
singular	first person		аз (az)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)	ме (me)	ме́не (méne)	ми (mi)	мен (men) ме́не (méne)
	second person	informal	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)	те (te)	те́бе (tébe)	ти (ti)	теб (teb) те́бе (tébe)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person	masculine	той (toj)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
		feminine	тя (tja)	не́я (néja)	я (ja)	ней (nej)	ѝ (ì)	не́я (néja)
		neuter	то (to)	не́го (négo)	го (go)	не́му (nému)	му (mu)	не́го (négo)
plural	first person		ни́е (níe) ний (nij)	нас (nas)	ни (ni)	нам (nam)	ни (ni)	нас (nas)
	second person	informal	ви́е (víe) вий (vij)	вас (vas)	ви (vi)	вам (vam)	ви (vi)	вас (vas)
		formal	Ви́е (Víe)	Вас (Vas)	Ви (Vi)	Вам (Vam)	Ви (Vi)	Вас (Vas)
	third person		те (te)	тях (tjah)	ги (gi)	тям (tjam)	им (im)	тях (tjah)

Bulgarian possessive pronouns

possessor		singular	plural
first person (my, our)		мой (moj)	наш (naš)
second person (your)	informal	твой (tvoj)	ваш (vaš)
	formal	Ваш (Vaš)
third person (his, her, its, their)	masculine	не́гов (négov)	те́хен (téhen)
	feminine	не́ин (néin)
	neuter	не́гов (négov)
reflexive		свой (svoj)

This table presents the masculine singular indefinite (lemma) forms only. Visit the individual entries to study all forms.

Anagrams

• им (im)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	مي
Cyrillic	ми
Latin	mi

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bejŋi (“brain”). Cognate with Old Turkic meji ("brain"), Turkish beyin, Kyrgyz мээ (mee), Azerbaijani beyin, Uzbek miya, Uyghur مىڭە (mi'nge), Bashkir мейе (meye), Southern Altai мее (mee), Crimean Tatar miy, Yakut мэйии (meyii, “brain”), etc.

Noun

ми • (mi)

1. (anatomy) brain

Declension

Declension of ми

	singular	plural
nominative	ми (mi)	милар (milar)
genitive	мидың (midyñ)	милардың (milardyñ)
dative	миға (miğa)	миларға (milarğa)
accusative	миды (midy)	миларды (milardy)
locative	мида (mida)	миларда (milarda)
ablative	мидан (midan)	милардан (milardan)
instrumental	мимен (mimen)	милармен (milarmen)
similative	мидай (midai)	милардай (milardai)

Khinalug

Etymology

Akin to Hinukh мии (mii).

Noun

ми (mi)

1. fat, grease

Komi-Permyak

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *me. Cognates include Finnish me and Hungarian mi.

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. we

Komi-Zyrian

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *me. Cognates include Finnish me and Hungarian mi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi/, [ˈmi]
• Hyphenation: ми

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. we
2. (attributive) our

Declension

Declension of ми

		singular	plural
nominative		ме (me)	ми (mi)
accusative		менӧ (menö)	миянӧс (mijanös)
instrumental		меӧн (meön)	миянӧн (mijanön)
comitative		мекӧд (meköd)	миянкӧд (mijanköd)
caritive		метӧг (metög)	миянтӧг (mijantög)
consecutive		мела (mela)	миянла (mijanla)
genitive		менам (menam)	миян (mijan)
ablative		менсьым (menśym)	миянлысь (mijanlyś)
dative	long	меным (menym)	миянлы (mijanly)
	short	мем (mem)
inessive		меын (meyn)	миянын (mijanyn)
elative		меысь (meyś)	миянысь (mijanyś)
illative		меӧ (meö)	миянӧ (mijanö)
egressive		месянь (meśań)	миянсянь (mijanśań)
approximative		мелань (melań)	миянлань (mijanlań)
terminative		меӧдз (meödź)	миянӧдз (mijanödź)
prolative		меӧд (meöd)	миянӧд (mijanöd)
		меті (meti)	миянті (mijanti)

See also

Komi-Zyrian personal pronouns

		singular	plural	formal
1st person		ме (me)	ми (mi)	—
2nd person		тэ (te)	ті (ti)	Ті (Ti)
3rd person	long	сійӧ (sijö)	найӧ (najö)	—
	short	сы (sy)	на (na)	—

References

• A. I. Podorova, editor (1948), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 124
• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949), Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 102
• L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000), Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 389

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi]

Etymology 1

Noun

ми • (mi)

1. (music) mi

Etymology 2

Noun

ми • (mi)

1. mu (Greek letter)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. Short indirect object form of јас (jas).

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. (dialectal) we

   Synonym: (standard) ние (nie)

   Ми́ смо кумано́вци. (dialectal) ― Mí smo kumanóvci. ― We are from Kumanovo.

Synonyms

• мие (mie) (dialectal)

Mariupol Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪ]
• Hyphenation: ми

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μή (mḗ). Cognate with Greek μη (mi).

Particle

ми • (mi)

1. Negative particle for imperative verbs: not, do not!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Preposition

ми • (mi)

1. (obsolete) alternative form of мин (min, “with”)
   • 2018 [19th c.], I. E. Vasilyeva, M. L. Kisilier, “«Греческий миф» у греков Приазовья [A «Greek myth» of the Priazov Greeks]”, in Индоевропейское языкознание и классическая филология, volume 22, number 1, page 281:

     Педъыя ту Ираклеос, дърамете ме спатъыя!

     Pjeðyja tu Irakljeos, ðramjetje mje spaθyja!

     Sons of Heracles, run with your swords!

References

• G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013), Румеку глоса‎^[2], Donetsk, page 83

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *bi, compare Evenki би (bi), Manchu ᠪᡳ (bi).

Pronoun

ми (mi)

1. I

Nganasan

Etymology

From Proto-Samoyedic *me, from Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi]

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. we, us (dual)
2. our (dual)

References

• N. T. Kosterkina; A. C. Momde; T. Y. Zhdanova (2001), “ми”, in Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 97

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• мънѣ (mŭně)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/→/mʲi/→/mʲi/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /mi/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /mʲi/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /mʲi/

Pronoun

ми (mi)

1. dative of ꙗзъ (jazŭ): to me

Declension

Declension of Old East Slavic personal pronouns

Singular	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	ꙗзъ (jazŭ), ꙗ (ja), азъ (azŭ)	тꙑ (ty)	—
Accusative	мене (mene), мѧ (mę)	тебе (tebe), тѧ (tę)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	мене (mene)	тебе (tebe)	себе (sebe)
Locative	мънѣ (mŭně)	тобѣ (tobě)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	мънѣ (mŭně), ми (mi)	тобѣ (tobě), ти (ti)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	мъноѭ (mŭnojǫ)	тобоѭ (tobojǫ)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	мои (moi)	твои (tvoi)	свои (svoi)
Dual	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	вѣ (vě)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	на (na)	ва (va)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	себе (sebe)
Locative	наю (naju)	ваю (vaju)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нама (nama)	вама (vama)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)
Plural	1st person	2nd person	Reflexive
Nominative	мꙑ (my)	вꙑ (vy)	—
Accusative	насъ (nasŭ), нꙑ (ny)	васъ (vasŭ), вꙑ (vy)	себе (sebe), сѧ (sę)
Genitive	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	себе (sebe)
Locative	насъ (nasŭ)	васъ (vasŭ)	собѣ (sobě)
Dative	намъ (namŭ), нꙑ (ny)	вамъ (vamŭ), вꙑ (vy)	собѣ (sobě), си (si)
Instrumental	нами (nami)	вами (vami)	собоѭ (sobojǫ)
Possessive	нашь (našĭ)	вашь (vašĭ)	свои (svoi)

Ossetian

Noun

ми • (mi)

1. thing

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ми

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak my, from Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronoun

ми (mi)

1. we (first-person plural pronoun)

Declension

Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)

1. Used with reflexive verbs.
2. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.
3. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed.
4. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed.
5. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ми (mi)

1. dative of я (ja)

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “ми”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲi]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian mi, from Latin mīra, the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on.

Noun

ми • (mi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (music) E, mi (note)

   ми́ дие́з ― mí dijéz/diéz ― E sharp

   ми́ бемо́ль ― mí bemólʹ ― E flat

See also

• Previous: ре (rɛ)
• Next: фа (fa)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Greek μι (mi).

Noun

ми • (mi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. mu (the modern Greek letter Μ/μ)

   Synonym: (ancient or modern Greek) мю (mju)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mîː/

Pronoun

ми̑ ? (Latin spelling mȋ)

1. we
2. we (vocative plural of ја̑ (“I”))
3. (regional, Montenegro) we (clitic dative plural of ја̑ (“I”))
4. to me (clitic dative singular of ја̑ (“I”))

Usage notes

The clitic dative forms in the plural correspond to the Old Church Slavonic вꙑ (vy) and Old Church Slavonic нꙑ (ny). However, it has primarily been attested in rural areas, most notably across Montenegro, where it has been preserved and is still in use. Cognates include Bulgarian ви (vi) and Bulgarian ни (ni), where it has been preserved even in the accusative case.

Declension

Declension of ми

	singular	plural
nominative	ја̑	ми̑
genitive	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас, ни*
dative	ме̏ни, ми	на̏ма, нам
accusative	ме̏не, ме	на̑с, нас
vocative	—	ми̑
locative	ме̏ни	на̏ма
instrumental	мно̑м, мно́ме	на̏ма

See also

Serbo-Croatian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ја	ми
2nd person	familiar	ти	ви
	polite	Ви
3rd person	m	он	они
	f	она	оне
	n	оно	она

Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *mi, from Proto-Uralic *me. Cognates include Finnish me and Hungarian mi.

Cognates include Komi-Zyrian ми (mi) and Komi-Permyak ми (mi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ми

Pronoun

ми • (mi)

1. (first person plural personal pronoun) we

Related terms

Personal pronouns in Udmurt

		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	instrumental	ablative	abessive	adverbial	allative
singular	1st person	мон (mon)	монэ (mone)	мынам (mynam)	мыным (mynym)	монэн, монэнын (monen, monenyn)	мынэсьтым (myneśtym)	монтэк (montek)	монъя (monja)	монлань (monlań)
	2nd person	тон (ton)	тонэ (tone)	тынад (tynad)	тыныд (tynyd)	тонэн, тонэнын (tonen, tonenyn)	тынэсьтыд (tyneśtyd)	тонтэк (tontek)	тонъя (tonja)	тонлань (tonlań)
	3rd person	со (so)	сое (soje)	солэн (solen)	солы (soly)	соин (soin)	солэсь (soleś)	сотэк (sotek)	соя (soja)	солань (solań)
plural	1st person	ми (mi)	милемиз, милемды (miľemiz, miľemdy)	милям (miľam)	милем, милемлы (miľem, miľemly)	милемын, миленымы (miľemyn, miľenymy)	милесьтым (miľeśtym)	митэк (mitek)	мия (mija)	милань (milań)
	2nd person	тӥ (ti)	тӥледыз, тӥледды (tiľedyz, tiľeddy)	тӥляд (tiľad)	тӥлед, тӥледлы (tiľed, tiľedly)	тӥлемын, тӥленыды (tiľemyn, tiľenydy)	тӥлесьтыд (tiľeśtyd)	тӥтэк (titek)	тӥя (tija)	тӥлань (tilań)
	3rd person	соос (soos)	соосыз, соосты (soosyz, soosty)	соослэн (sooslen)	соослы (soosly)	соосын (soosyn)	соослэсь (soosleś)	соостэк (soostek)	соося (soośa)	соослань (sooslań)

References

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “ми”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 432
• T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 47
• Yrjö Wichmann; Toivo Emil Uotila (1987), Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 159

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic мꙑ (my). Also akin to Lithuanian mẽs and Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɪ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

ми • (my)

1. we (first-person plural)

Declension

Declension of Ukrainian personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	instrumental	locative
singular	1st person		я (ja)	мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*)	мені́ (mení)	мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*)	мно́ю (mnóju)	мені́ (mení)
	2nd person		ти (ty)	тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*)	тобі́ (tobí)	тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*)	тобо́ю (tobóju)	тобі́ (tobí)
	3rd person	m	він (vin)	його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*)	йому́ (jomú)	його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*)	ним (nym)	ньо́му, нім (nʹómu, nim)
		n	воно́ (vonó)
		f	вона́ (voná)	її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*)	їй (jij)	її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*)	не́ю (néju)	ній (nij)
plural	1st person		ми (my)	нас (nas)	нам (nam)	нас (nas)	на́ми (námy)	нас (nas)
	2nd person		ви (vy)	вас (vas)	вам (vam)	вас (vas)	ва́ми (vámy)	вас (vas)
	3rd person		вони́ (voný)	їх, них* (jix, nyx*)	їм (jim)	їх, них* (jix, nyx*)	ни́ми (nýmy)	них (nyx)
reflexive			—	себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*)	собі́ (sobí)	себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*)	собо́ю (sobóju)	собі́ (sobí)

* The alternative forms with stress retraction and with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ми”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka