my
See also: Appendix:Variations of "my"
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
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- (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
- IPA(key): /mi/ in some speakers of Hiberno-English, Scouse
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: muh (some dialects)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive 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.
DeterminerEdit
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.
- In the possession of me.
- I have to take my books back to the library soon.
- Belonging to me.
Related termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
terms derived using my
TranslationsEdit
belonging to me
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See alsoEdit
English personal pronouns
| personal pronoun | possessive pronoun |
possessive determiner |
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| subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
| first person | singular | I | me | myself | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 2Edit
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my lord
InterjectionEdit
my
Derived termsEdit
StatisticsEdit
Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: him · she · they · #34: my · were · are · their
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
my (subject ek)
- me (object)
See alsoEdit
Afrikaans personal pronouns
| subjective | objective | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | my | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | jou | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | u | ||||
| 3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | |||
| 3rd, fem | sy | haar | haar | |||
| 3rd, neut | dit | sy | ||||
| plural | 1st | ons | 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 2Edit
DeterminerEdit
my
- my; of me
See alsoEdit
Afrikaans personal pronouns
| subjective | objective | possessive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | my | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | jou | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | u | ||||
| 3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | |||
| 3rd, fem | sy | haar | haar | |||
| 3rd, neut | dit | sy | ||||
| plural | 1st | ons | 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. | ||||||
CornishEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
DeclensionEdit
Declension of my
DanishEdit
NounEdit
my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of my
NounEdit
my c
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “my” in Den Danske Ordbog
EgyptianEdit
LojbanEdit
Lower SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos
PronounEdit
my pl
DeclensionEdit
Declension of the first-person pronouns
ManxEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
- we (first person plural )
DeclensionEdit
declension of my
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- my in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- my in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
SwedishEdit
Upper SorbianEdit
West FrisianEdit
WestrobothnianEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
my n
- (collective) mosquitoes
NounEdit
my f
Derived termsEdit
- myskrank (“crane fly”)