mej

See also: měj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mehem, mehet

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mōja, cognate with Old High German muoan (“to work diligently”), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “toil of war”) and Proto-Slavic *majati (“to work slowly”).

Verb

mej (aorist meja, participle mejur)

1. I reduce, make fade, extinguish
2. I fail

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛj/, [mej]

Pronoun

mej du

1. we two

Declension

Declension of the first-person pronouns

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ja	mej	my
Genitive	mě (after preposition) mnjo	naju	nas
Dative	mě (after preposition) mnjo	nama	nam
Accusative	mě (after preposition) mnjo	naju	nas
Instrumental	mnu	nama	nami
Locative	mnjo	nama	nas
Possessive determiner	mój	naju	naš

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛj/

Pronoun

mej

1. Alternative form of mojej.

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Swedish

Pronoun

mej

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of mig.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council