my

my

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English Online Dictionary. What means my‎? What does my mean?

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Myanmar, formerly Burma, where Burmese is spoken.

Symbol

my

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Burmese.

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Burmese terms

English

Alternative forms

  • ma, mah, me, muh, I's

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) enPR: mī IPA(key): /maɪ/
    • (Canada, Dialectal) IPA(key): /mʌɪ/, [məi̯]
  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
    • (UK, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /mɪ/, /mi/
  • (Ireland, Scouse, some speakers) IPA(key): /mi/
  • Homophones: muh, me (some dialects)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

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.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • mine
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.
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

Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

  • ma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma/

Determiner

my

  1. 1st person singular possessive determiner

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

Inherited from Old Czech my, from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪ]

Pronoun

my

  1. we

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “my”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “my”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “my”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

From 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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɨ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmi/

Pronoun

my

  1. we (first person plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: my

References

  • Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “my”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

my

  1. we; first person plural
  2. we; I royal first person plural

Declension

Descendants

  • Polish: my
  • Silesian: my

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “my, ny (?)”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɘ
  • Syllabification: my

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish my.

Pronoun

my

  1. we; first person plural
  2. we; I royal first person plural
  3. we; I editorial first person plural
Declension

See also

  • Appendix:Polish pronouns

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), from Phoenician 𐤌 (m‬ /⁠mēm⁠/).

Alternative forms

  • mi

Noun

my n (indeclinable)

  1. mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), my is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 88 times in scientific texts, 30 times in news, 138 times in essays, 200 times in fiction, and 419 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 875 times, making it the 49th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

  • my in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • my in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “my”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “MY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2021 June 22
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “my”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “my”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “my”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1081

Portuguese

Pronoun

my

  1. Obsolete form of mim.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • ma, me

Etymology

Inherited 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”).

Determiner

my

  1. my
    Synonym: mine

See also

References

  • “my, possess. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
  • “my, poss. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish my.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪ
  • Syllabification: my

Pronoun

my

  1. we; first person plural

Declension

Further reading

  • my in silling.org

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mi]

Pronoun

my

  1. we

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “my”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

Noun

my n

  1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

my

  1. we

Declension

Further reading

  • “my” in Soblex

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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