m'

1. (colloquial)Clitic form ofI'm.
   • 1968,Barry England, part 1, inFigures in a Landscape, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Random House,→LCCN,→OCLC,page57:

     When MacConnachie let go, he put a hand to his head and muttered, “M’tired.”

   • 1982 [1979],Antonine Maillet, translated byPhilip Stratford, chapter 1, inPélagie, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday & Company; Toronto, Ont.:Doubleday Canada,→ISBN,→LCCN,page10:

     No one had ever been able to fathom the origin of this little girl, barely three, who by way of baggage had only a nickname, the Beaubassin she came from, and but one word in her mouth: “M’hungry!”

     [original:On n’avait jamais réussi a défricher les origines de cette petite fille d’à peine trois ans, qui n’apportait pour tout bagage qu’un surnom, le nom de sa terre de Beaubassin et un cri : « Zé faim! »]

   • 2005, John Aberdein, “The Speckled Slope”, inAmande’s Bed, Edinburgh: Thirsty Books,→ISBN,page303:

     – Heave me up that haversack, Annie. / – What’s in? / – Ye’ll see. / –M’hungry.

   • 2009 October 13,Charlie Huston,My Dead Body: A Novel (Joe Pitt Casebooks; 5), New York, N.Y.:Del Rey,→ISBN,page291:

     ―Baby. / She pulls her face from where it’s buried in my neck. / ―M’tired.

   • 2010, Daniel Homan, chapter 5, inThe Queen of Hearts,[Rockville, Md.]:Prime Books,→ISBN,page127:

     “M’tired of the thing,” the man yells. “Tired of the Manor.”

   • 2015, Matthew J. Metzger, chapter 11, inThe Suicidal Peanut, Glen Allen, Va.: JMS Books,→ISBN,page86:

     “M’tired,” Nick said, and yawned again.

m'

1. (archaic or colloquial)Clitic form ofmy.
   • 1985, Stuart Seaton, “Randolph”, inInheritance, London:Collins,→ISBN, section 1,page131:

     ‘Guess I feel like sleepin’ meself,’ he said. ‘Trouble is, I’m on next watch. Guess I’ll change thet withm’tired friend there. […]”

   • 2015,Brian Staveley, chapter 7, inThe Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn Thrown; 2), London:Tor,→ISBN,page107:

     “That’s whathe thinks,” she said finally, waving the cane at her brother. “Hopes the goddess might unscramble his egg. I told ’im she’s just as likely ta hoist upm’tired old tits, and I ain’t countin’ on that, either.”

2. (poetic, rare)Prevocalic form ofmy.

m'

1. contraction ofem

• m' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with avowel.

  M'avorreixo. ―I'm bored.

m'(ORB, broad)

1. apocopic form ofmè

• IPA^(key): /m‿/

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m'

1. prevocalic form ofme

   Jem'appelle Marcel. — I'm called Marcel.

2. (in certain contexts)prevocalic form ofmoi

   Donne-m'en deux. — Giveme two.

• “m'”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012

Contraction ofmwen, fromFrenchmoi.

• IPA^(key): /m/

m'

1. alternative spelling ofm;contraction ofmwen

• IPA^(key): /mˠ/(before a word starting witha,o,u,fha,fho, orfhu)
• IPA^(key): /mʲ/(before a word starting withe,i,fhe, orfhi)

m'(triggerslenition of a following noun)

1. apocopic form ofmo

m' (apocopated)

1. apocopic form ofmi

Commonly elides before a vowel, especiallyi ande.

• IPA^(key): /m‿/

m'

1. prevocalic form ofmo(“I”)

   M'ap bwa labyèr. ―I'm drinking beer.

m' (apocopate)

1. (before vowel sound)apocopic form ofme

• The apostrophe may be omitted in older manuscripts

  ilmenvoia ―he sent me

m'

1. prevocalic form ofme(“me, myself”)
2. prevocalic form ofmon,ma(“my, mine”)
   • 13th century, Herman de Valenciennes,Assomption Nostre Dame,page 7, column 2, lines16–17:

     ceo sacezm'amie tuit cil que te requerunt
     a tun commandement merci auvrunt

     this you know, my friend, that all those who are looking for you
     upon your command will have mercy

• IPA^(key): /m/(before aback vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /mʲ/(before afront vowel sound)

m'(triggers lenition of a following noun)

1. apocopic form ofmo

m'

1. apocopic form ofmi,used before a vowel

• IPA^(key): /m/

m'

1. apocopic form ofmo

• Armstrong, R. A. (1825), “m'”, inA Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts‎^[1], London,→OCLC

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