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FromLatinmēum(“umbelliferous plant,Meum athamanticum”), fromAncient Greekμῆον(mêon), probably fromμεῖον(meîon,“lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps viaMiddle Frenchmeu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.[1]
meu (uncountable)
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, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.FromLatinmeus, fromProto-Italic*meos. CompareRomanianmeu.
meu m (femininemeaormeaea,masculine pluralmei,feminine pluralmealiormeale)
Always preceded by 'a'- "a meu".
Inherited fromOld Catalanmeu, fromLatinmeum, fromProto-Italic*meos. The feminine form wasmia in Old Catalan, but this was extended tomeva ormeua by analogy with the masculine form. This happened because the-u was not understood as a masculine ending anymore, having been lost in nouns (unlike Spanish, Portuguese and Italian-o).
The weak possessivemon is also fromLatinmeum, but as an unstressed monosyllabic form.
meu (femininemevaormeua,masculine pluralmeus,feminine pluralmevesormeues)
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
| singular | 1st person | standard | jo,mi3 | em,m’ | -me,’m | em,m’ | -me,’m | meu |
| majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos,’ns | ens | -nos,’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | standard | tu | et,t’ | -te,’t | et,t’ | -te,’t | teu | |
| formal1 | vós | us | -vos,-us | us | -vos,-us | vostre | ||
| very formal2 | vostè | el,l’ | -lo,’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person | m | ell | el,l’ | -lo,’l | li | -li | seu | |
| f | ella | la,l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
| n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos,’ns | ens | -nos,’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | standard | vosaltres | us | -vos,-us | us | -vos,-us | vostre | |
| formal2 | vostès | els | -los,’ls | els | -los,’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person | m | ells | els | -los,’ls | els | -los,’ls | seu | |
| f | elles | les | -les | els | -los,’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es,s’ | -se,’s | es,s’ | -se,’s | seu | ||
| adverbial | ablative/genitive | en,n’ | -ne,’n | |||||
| locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
meu
FromOld Galician-Portuguesemedo,inherited fromLatinmetus.
Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesemeu, fromLatinmeus.
meu m (masculine singularmeu,masculine pluralmeus,feminine singularmiña,feminine pluralmiñas)
meu
FromAncient Greekμῶλος(môlos),μόλος(mólos), itself fromLatinmōlēs.
meu m (invariable)
meu (femininemia,masculine pluralmeus,feminine pluralmies)
meu
FromOld Galician-Portuguesemeu, fromLatinmeus, fromProto-Italic*meos.
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meu (feminineminha,masculine pluralmeus,feminine pluralminhas)
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:meu.
meu (feminineminha,masculine pluralmeus,feminine pluralminhas)
meu!
For quotations using this term, seeCitations:meu.
| singularpossessum | pluralpossessum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
| singular possessor | first person | meu | minha | meus | minhas | |
| second person | teu | tua | teus | tuas | ||
| third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
| m | dele | |||||
| f | dela | |||||
| plural possessor | first person | nosso | nossa | nossos | nossas | |
| second person | vosso | vossa | vossos | vossas | ||
| third person | any | seu | sua | seus | suas | |
| m | deles | |||||
| f | delas | |||||
Inherited fromLatinmeus, fromProto-Italic*meos.
meu m orn (feminine singularmea,masculine pluralmei,feminine and neuter pluralmele)
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | meu | mea | mei | mele | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | meu | mele | mei | mele | |||
| definite | — | — | — | — | ||||
meu (pluralmeos,femininemea,feminine pluralmeas)
meu (feminine singularmea,pluralmei)
meu m (feminine singularmea,masculine and feminine pluralmei)
Onomatopoeic. CompareKhumi Chinmibawi andChinese貓 /猫(māo).
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