my

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
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  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
    • (unstressed, Cockney) IPA(key): /mɪ/, /mi/
  • IPA(key): /mi/ in some speakers of Hiberno-English, Scouse
  • 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-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

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
    1. Belonging to me.
      I can't find my book.
    2. 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.
    3. Related to me.
      My parents won't let me go out tonight.
    4. In the possession of me.
      I have to take my books back to the library soon.
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived using my
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
English personal pronouns
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular I me myself mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
plural we us ourselves
ourself		 ours our
second person singular standard you you yourself yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, informal thou thee thyself
theeself		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
you all
ye (archaic)		 you
you all		 yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it it itself its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
genderless they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them themselves theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

Etymology 2[edit]

An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my lord

Interjection[edit]

my

  1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
    My, what big teeth you have!
Derived terms[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch mij.

Pronoun[edit]

my (subject ek)

  1. me (object)

See also[edit]

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch mijn.

Determiner[edit]

my

  1. my; of me

See also[edit]

Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Cornish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (Standard Cornish) me

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. I, me

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. we

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative já my
genitive mě/mne nás
dative mně/mi nám
accusative mě/mne nás
vocative —
locative mně nás
instrumental mnou námi

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)

  1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Declension[edit]

Declension of my
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative my myet myer myerne
genitive mys myets myers myernes

Noun[edit]

my c

  1. micron

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Egyptian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mj (“like”) +‎ -j (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

miii
  1. likewise
  2. accordingly

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.

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronoun[edit]

my pl

  1. we

Declension[edit]

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

Manx[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

my

  1. if

Middle English[edit]

Determiner[edit]

my (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of mi.

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *me-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. we (first person plural )

Declension[edit]

declension of my
plural
nominative my
genitive nas
dative nam
accusative nas
instrumental nami
locative nas
vocative —

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • my in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. Obsolete form of mim.

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. we

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • my in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

my n

  1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. we

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

my

  1. object of ik

Westrobothnian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognates 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 муха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian муха (múxa); Bulgarian муха (múxa); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

Noun[edit]

my n

  1. (collective) mosquitoes

Noun[edit]

my f

  1. mosquito

Derived terms[edit]

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