my
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Abbreviation of English Myanmar, formerly Burma, where Burmese is spoken.
SymbolEdit
my
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
- (Ireland, Scouse, some speakers) IPA(key): /mi/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophones: muh, me (some dialects)
Etymology 1Edit
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.
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.
- 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.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord
InterjectionEdit
my
Derived termsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronounEdit
my (subject ek)
- me (object)
Alternative formsEdit
See alsoEdit
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 2Edit
DeterminerEdit
my
- my; of me
Alternative formsEdit
See alsoEdit
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 PidginEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
my
- 1st person singular possessive determiner
See alsoEdit
Chinese Pidgin EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
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.
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- me (object pronoun)
- Synonym: me
- my (possessive pronoun)
CornishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Standard Cornish) me
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.
PronounEdit
my
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)
DeclensionEdit
NounEdit
my c
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “my” in Den Danske Ordbog
EgyptianEdit
EtymologyEdit
mj (“like”) + -j (“adverbializing suffix”).
PronunciationEdit
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /miː/
- Conventional anglicization: my
AdverbEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- 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 SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos.
PronounEdit
my pl
DeclensionEdit
ManxEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.
ConjunctionEdit
my
Middle EnglishEdit
DeterminerEdit
my (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of mi
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *me-.
PronounEdit
my
- we; first person plural
DeclensionEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), from Phoenician 𐤌 (m /mēm/).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
my n (indeclinable)
- mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronounEdit
my
- Obsolete form of mim.
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- my in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
my n
Upper SorbianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
PronounEdit
my
DeclensionEdit
First person pronouns | ||||||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||
Nominative | ja | mój | my | |||||
Genitive | mje (after preposition) mnje |
naju | nas | |||||
Dative | mi (after preposition) mni |
namaj | nam | |||||
Accusative | mje (after preposition) mnje |
naju | nas | |||||
Instrumental | mnu | namaj | nami | |||||
Locative | mni | nas | ||||||
Second person pronouns | ||||||||
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||
Nominative | ty | wój | wy | |||||
Genitive | æe (after preposition) tebje |
waju | was | |||||
Dative | æi (after preposition) tebi |
wamaj | wam | |||||
Accusative | æe (after preposition) tebje |
waju | was | |||||
Instrumental | tobu | wamaj | wami | |||||
Locative | tebi | was | ||||||
Third person pronouns | ||||||||
Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual virile | Dual nonvirile | Plural virile | Plural nonvirile | ||
Nominative | wón | wona | wono | wonaj | wonej | woni | wone | |
Genitive | jeho (after preposition) njeho |
jeje (after preposition) njeje |
jeho (after preposition) njeho |
jeju | jich (after preposition) nich |
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Dative | jemu (after preposition) njemu |
jej (after preposition) njej |
jemu (after preposition) njemu |
jimaj (after preposition) nimaj |
jim (after preposition) nim | |||
Accusative | jón (after preposition) njón (animate) jeho (animate after preposition) njeho |
ju (after preposition) nju |
jo, je (after preposition) njo, nje |
jeju (after preposition) njeju |
jej (after preposition) njej |
jich (after preposition) nich |
je (after preposition) nje | |
Instrumental | nim | njej | nim | nimaj | nimi | |||
Locative | nich |
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
my
WestrobothnianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
my n
NounEdit
my f
Derived termsEdit
- myskrank (“crane fly”)