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Definitions and meaning of my

my

Alternative forms

• ma, mah, me, muh

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: mī IPA^(key): /maɪ/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
  • (unstressed, UK) IPA^(key): /mɪ/, /mi/
• (Ireland, Scouse, some speakers) IPA^(key): /mi/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: muh (some dialects)

Etymology 1

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.

Determiner

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

• mine

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

my

1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.

   My, what big teeth you have!

Derived terms

• my my

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mij.

Pronoun

my (subject ek)

1. me (object)

Alternative forms

• mij (obsolete)
• mijn (obsolete, rare)

See also

Etymology 2

From Dutch mijn.

Determiner

my

1. my; of me

Alternative forms

• mij (obsolete)
• mijn (obsolete)

See also

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Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

From English my.

Pronoun

my

1. I (subject pronoun)

   Synonyms: I, me
2. me (object pronoun)

   Synonym: me

3. my (possessive pronoun)

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) me

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my

1. I, me

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Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪ/

Pronoun

my

1. we

Declension

Further reading

• my in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• my in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Noun

my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Declension

Noun

my c

1. micron

Synonyms

• mikrometer
• mikron

References

• “my” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Egyptian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /miː/
  • Conventional anglicization: my

Adverb

1. likewise
2. accordingly

References

• James P[eter] Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, →ISBN, page 86.

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my pl

1. we

Declension

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish má, from Proto-Celtic *mā, *ma (compare Cornish and Breton mar), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂.

Conjunction

my

1. if

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Middle English

Determiner

my (subjective pronoun I)

1. Alternative form of mi

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɨ/

Pronoun

my

1. we (first person plural )

Declension

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Further reading

• my in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronoun

my

1. Obsolete form of mim.

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

Pronoun

my

1. we

Related terms

• ja
• ty
• on ona ono
• vy
• oni ony

Further reading

• my in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Noun

my n

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my

1. we

Declension

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

my

1. object of ik

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mýː], [mǿʏ̯ː], [mʊ́ɪ̯ː]

  Rhymes: -ýː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ýːð

  (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íː

Etymology

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 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.

Noun

my n

1. (collective) mosquitoes

Noun

my f

1. mosquito

Derived terms

• myskrank (“crane fly”)

Source: wiktionary.org

• possessive form of I.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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