my
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
my
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
- (Ireland, Scouse, some speakers) IPA(key): /mi/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: muh (some dialects)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).
Cognate with West Frisian myn (“my”), Afrikaans my (“my”), Dutch mijn (“my”), German mein (“my”), Swedish min (“my”). More at me.
Determiner[edit]
my
- First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
- Belonging to me.
- I can't find my book.
- Associated with me.
- My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
- Don't you know my name?
- I recognised him because he had attended my school.
- Related to me.
- My parents won't let me go out tonight.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 165-166, page 10:
- From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
- In the possession of me.
- I have to take my books back to the library soon.
- Belonging to me.
Related terms[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord
Interjection[edit]
my
Derived terms[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my (subject ek)
- me (object)
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Etymology 2[edit]
Determiner[edit]
my
- my; of me
Alternative forms[edit]
See also[edit]
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
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singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Cameroon Pidgin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
my
- 1st person singular possessive determiner
See also[edit]
Chinese Pidgin English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my
- I (subject pronoun)
- 1836 January, “Jargon spoken at Canton: how it originated and has grown into use; mode in which the Chinese learn English; examples of the language in common use between foreigners and Chinese”, in The Chinese Repository, volume IV, number 9, page 433:
- ‘My wanchee takee go away alla this cover, putee nother piece,’ replied I.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- me (object pronoun)
- Synonym: me
- my (possessive pronoun)
Cornish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Standard Cornish) me
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.
Pronoun[edit]
my
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- my in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- my in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)
Declension[edit]
Noun[edit]
my c
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “my” in Den Danske Ordbog
Egyptian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mj (“like”) + -j (“adverbializing suffix”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /miː/
- Conventional anglicization: my
Adverb[edit]
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References[edit]
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86.
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos
Pronoun[edit]
my pl
Declension[edit]
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.
Conjunction[edit]
my
Middle English[edit]
Determiner[edit]
my (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of mi
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *me-.
Pronoun[edit]
my
- we; first person plural
Declension[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), from Phoenician 𐤌 (m /mēm/).
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
my n (indeclinable)
- mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
Further reading[edit]
- my in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- my in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my
- Obsolete form of mim.
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- my in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
my n
Upper Sorbian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy
Pronoun[edit]
my
Declension[edit]
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
my
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognate with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Old English mycg, mycge (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
my n
Noun[edit]
my f
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- myskrank (“crane fly”)
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