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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
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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

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

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)

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Standard Cornish) me

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my

  1. I, me

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

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

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 (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my pl

  1. we

Declension

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

Middle English

Determiner

my (subjective pronoun I)

  1. Alternative form of mi

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ

Pronoun

my

  1. we (first person plural )

Declension

See also

  • Appendix:Polish pronouns

Further reading

  • my in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronoun

my

  1. Obsolete form of mim.

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 slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Noun

my n

  1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my

  1. we

Declension

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

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)