See also: swoj and swōj

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈswoj/
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun edit

swój

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

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “swòj”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego[2] (in Kashubian), page 205
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “swój”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3], volume 2, page 1054
  • swój”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

  • 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

Masurian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish swój.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsfoj]
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun edit

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their
    • 1954-1986, Kartoteka Słownika Gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[4], volume 1997, number Strzał - Szczęście:
      ȯn set na urlop do sfojej zony sly oba bez las
      [ón sed na ûrlop do swojej zonÿ, słi oba bez las.]
      He went on holiday to his wife, they both walked through the forest.

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Pronoun edit

swój

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

Declension edit

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Masurian: swój
  • Polish: swój
  • Silesian: swōj

References edit

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish swój.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

swój

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

phrase

Trivia edit

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 edit

  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

Further reading edit

Upper Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation edit

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

Determiner edit

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 edit

Further reading edit