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swój

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See also: swoj and swōj

Kashubian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsfwoj/
    • Rhymes: -oj
    • Syllabification: swój

    Pronoun

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    swój

    1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

    Declension

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    Declension of swój (irregular)
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter virile non-virile
    animate inanimate
    nominative swój swòja, swa1 swòje swòji swòje
    genitive swòjégò, swégò1 swòji, swi1 swòjégò, swégò1 swòjich, swich1, swëch1
    dative swòjémù, swémù1 swòji, swi1 swòjémù, swémù1 swòjim, swim1
    accusative swòjégò, swégò1 swój swòjã, swã1 swòje swòjich, swich1, swëch1 swòje
    instrumental swòjim, swim1 swòją, swą1 swòjim, swim1 swòjima, swima1
    locative swòjim, swim1 swòji, swi1 swòjim, swim1 swòjich, swich1, swëch1

    1Rare.

    Further reading

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    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “swòj”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 205
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “swój”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2], volume 2, page 1054
    • swój”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lower Sorbian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈswɛj/
    • Rhymes: -ɛj
    • Syllabification: swój

    Determiner

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    swój

    1. one’s (own), my (own), your (own), his (own), her (own), its (own), our (own), their (own) (refers to the subject of the verb)

    Declension

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    Further reading

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    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “swój”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “swój”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь. First attested in the 14th century.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sfɔːj/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /sfoj/

      Pronoun

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      swój

      1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

      Declension

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      This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

      Descendants

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      • Polish: swój
      • Silesian: swōj

      References

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      • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “swój”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

      Polish

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish swój.

        Pronunciation

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        • Audio 2:(file)
        • Rhymes: -uj
        • Syllabification: swój

        Pronoun

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        swój

        1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

        Declension

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        Derived terms

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        Trivia

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        According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), swój is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 209 times in scientific texts, 210 times in news, 277 times in essays, 302 times in fiction, and 190 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1188 times, making it the 33rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

        References

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        1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “swój”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 571

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        Slovincian

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈsfoj/
          • Rhymes: -oj
          • Syllabification: swój

          Pronoun

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          swój

          1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

          Further reading

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          Upper Sorbian

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          Etymology

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          Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈswʊj/
          • Rhymes: -ʊj
          • Hyphenation: swój
          • Syllabification: swój

          Determiner

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          swój

          1. one’s (own), my (own), his (own), her (own), its (own), our (own), your (own), their (own) (refers to the subject of the verb)

          Declension

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          Further reading

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