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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping ofEnglishMyanmar, formerlyBurma, whereBurmese is spoken.

Symbol

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my

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forBurmese.

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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishmi,my, apocopated form ofmin,myn, fromOld Englishmīn(my, mine), fromProto-West Germanic*mīn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz(my, mine,pron.) (possessive of*ek(I)), fromProto-Indo-European*méynos(my; mine).

Cognate withWest Frisianmyn(my),Afrikaansmy(my),Dutchmijn(my),Germanmein(my),Swedishmin(my). More atme.

Determiner

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my

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner. SeeAppendix:Possessive#English.
    1. Belonging tome.
      I can't findmy book.
      • 2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, inVulture[2], archived fromthe original on18 October 2022:
        Everyone always asks whatmy advice is, andmy advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
    2. Associated withme.
      My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
      Don't you knowmy name?
      I recognised him because he had attendedmy school.
    3. Related to me.
      My parents won't let me go out tonight.
    4. In the possession of me.
      I have to takemy books back to the library soon.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Translations
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belonging to me
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English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are initalics.

personal pronounpossessive
pronoun
possessive
determiner
subjectiveobjectivereflexive
first
person
singularI
me (colloquial)
memyself
me
mysen
minemy
mine(before vowels, archaic)
me
pluralweusourselves
ourself
oursen
ours
ourn(obsolete outside dialects)
our
second
person
singularstandard
(historically
formal)
youyouyourself
yoursen
yours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)
your
archaic
(historically
informal)
thoutheethyself
theeself
thysen
thinethy
thine(before vowels)
pluralstandardyou
ye(archaic)
youyourselvesyours
yourn(obsolete outside dialects)
your
colloquialyou all
y'all
you guys
yous
you all
y'all
you guys
yous
y'allselvesall yours
y'all's
you guys'
your guys'
all your
y'all's
your all's(nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys'
informal /
dialectal
(see list of dialectal forms atyou and inflected forms in those entries)
third
person
singularmasculinehehimhimself
hisself(archaic)
hissen
his
hisn(obsolete outside dialects)
his
femininesheherherself
hersen
hers
hern(obsolete outside dialects)
her
neuterit
hit
it
hit
itself
hitself
its
his(archaic)
its
his(archaic)
hits
genderless1theythemthemself,themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific
(formal)
oneoneoneselfone's
pluraltheythem
hem,'em
themselves
theirsen
theirs
theirn(obsolete outside dialects)
their

Etymology 2

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An abbreviation of an oath such asmy word ormy Lord

Interjection

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my

  1. Used to expresssurprise,shock oramazement.
    My, what big teeth you have!
Derived terms
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Translations
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interjection my (My!)

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromDutchmij.

Pronoun

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my (subjectek)

  1. me (object)
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjectiveobjectivepossessive
determiner
possessive
pronoun
singular1stekmymyne
2ndjyjoujoune
2nd, formaluus’n
3rdmaschyhomsysyne
femsyhaarhare
neutditsysyne
plural1stonsonss’n
2ndjulle /jul1julles’n
3rdhulle /hul1hulles’n
1 The formsjul andhul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Etymology 2

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FromDutchmijn.

Determiner

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my

  1. my; of me
Alternative forms
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Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjectiveobjectivepossessive
determiner
possessive
pronoun
singular1stekmymyne
2ndjyjoujoune
2nd, formaluus’n
3rdmaschyhomsysyne
femsyhaarhare
neutditsysyne
plural1stonsonss’n
2ndjulle /jul1julles’n
3rdhulle /hul1hulles’n
1 The formsjul andhul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Cameroon Pidgin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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my

  1. 1st person singularpossessive determiner

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Cameroon Pidgin possessive determiners
singularplural
1st personmywe
2nd personyourwuna
3rd personyidia

Chinese Pidgin English

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Etymology

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FromEnglishmy.

Pronoun

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my

  1. I(subject pronoun)
    Synonyms:I,me
    • 1836 January, “Jargon spoken at Canton: how it originated and has grown into use; mode in which the Chinese learn English; examples of the language in common use between foreigners and Chinese”, inThe Chinese Repository, volume IV, number 9, page433:
      My wanchee takee go away alla this cover, putee nother piece,’ replied I.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  2. me(object pronoun)
    Synonym:me
  3. my(possessive pronoun)

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-Brythonic*mi, fromProto-Celtic*mī. Cognate withBretonme,Irish,Manxmee,Scottish Gaelicmi, andWelshmi.

Pronoun

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my

  1. I,me
    My a welas.
    I saw.

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Cornish personal pronouns
numberpersonindependent
(subject)
suffixedinfixedpossessive
(dependent)
encliticemphaticreduced
singularfirstmyvyevyma,a'mowA
secondtyjy,sy1tejyta,a'thMdhaS
third2meveveevva,a'nyS
fhihihyhi'shyA
pluralfirstnininyni'gan,'nagan,'gan
second3hwihwihwyhwi'gas,'sagas,'gas
thirdiiynsi'sagaA,'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2hun andins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggerssoft mutationA Triggersaspirate mutationM Triggersmixed mutation

Mutation

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Mutation ofmy
radicalsoftaspiratehardmixed
myvyunchangedunchangedfy,
vy*

* after'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Czechmy, fromProto-Slavic*my, fromProto-Indo-European*wéy.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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my

  1. we

Declension

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Declension ofmy (pl-only animate pronoun)
plural
nominativemy
genitivenás
dativenám
accusativenás
vocative
locativenás
instrumentalnámi,náma1

1When referring to dual nouns, e.g.oči,ruce.

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Czech personal pronouns
singularplural
1st personmy
2nd personfamiliartyvy
politevy
3rd personmononi1
fonaony
nonoona
reflexivesebe,se(clitic)

1 animate referents only, for inanimate onesony is used.

Further reading

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Danish

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Noun

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my n (singular definitemyet,plural indefinitemyer)

  1. The Greek letterμ (mu)

Declension

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Declension ofmy
neuter
gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativemymyetmyermyerne
genitivemysmyetsmyersmyernes

Noun

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my c

  1. micron
  2. (informal) a very small margin, distance or amount

Synonyms

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References

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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my

  1. obsolete spelling ofmij

Usage notes

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Egyptian

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Etymology

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Frommj(like) +‎-j(adverbializing suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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miii
  1. likewise
  2. accordingly

References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010),Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,→ISBN,page86.

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Slavic*my, fromProto-Indo-European*nos.

Pronoun

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my pl

  1. we

Declension

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Declension of the first-person pronouns
SingularDualPlural
Nominativejamejmy
Genitive
(after preposition)mnjo
najunas
Dative
(after preposition)mnjo
namanam
Accusative
(after preposition)mnjo
najunas
Instrumentalmnunamanami
Locativemnjonamanas
Possessive determinermójnajunaš

Manx

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irish, fromProto-Celtic*mā,*ma (compareCornish andBretonmar), see there for more.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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my

  1. if
Usage notes
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Counterfactual conditional questions takedy.

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Irishmo(my)

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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my (triggers lenition)

  1. my

References

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  1. ^Christopher Lewin (forthcoming),Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page148

Middle English

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Determiner

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my (subjective pronounI)

  1. alternative form ofmi

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*my.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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my

  1. we(first person plural)

Declension

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Old Czech personal pronouns
Singular1st person2nd person3rd personReflexive
mfn
Nominativejá(z)tyononaono
Genitivemne,tebe,j(e)ho,ň(e)hojie,niej(e)ho,ň(e)hosebe,
Dativemně,mitobě,tij(e)mu,ňemu,,jiej,niejj(e)mu,ňemusobě,si
Accusative,mne,tebejej,jen,ji,j(e)ho,
,ňej,ňen,ni,ň(e)ho
ju,ňuje,ňe,sebe
Locativemnětoběňem,niejňemsobě
Instrumentalmnútobú,tebújím,ním,ňújím,nímsobú,sebú
Possessivemójtvójjeho(je)jiejehosvój
Dual1st person2nd person3rd personReflexive
mfn
Nominative,va (ma)vyonaoně
Genitivenajúvajú,ňúsebe,
Dativenámavámajima,nimasobě,si
Accusativeny,najúvy,vajú,ji,ni,sebe
Locativenajúvajúňúsobě
Instrumentalnámavámajima,nimasobú,sebú
Possessivenáš,najúváš,vajú(je)júsvój
Plural1st person2nd person3rd personReflexive
mfn
Nominativemyvyonionyona
Genitivenásvásjich,nichsebe,
Dativenám,nemvám,vemjim,nimsobě,si
Accusativeny,násvy,vás,,sebe
Locativenásvásnichsobě
Instrumentalnámivámijimi,nimisobú,sebú
Possessivenášváš(je)jichsvój

Descendants

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References

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European*n̥smés
Proto-Balto-Slavic*mes
Proto-Slavic*my
Old Polishmy

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

    Pronunciation

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    Pronoun

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    my

    1. we;first person plural
    2. we;Iroyal first person plural

    Declension

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    Declension of my
    pluraldual
    nominativemywa
    genitivenasnaju
    dativenamnama
    accusativenaswa
    instrumentalnaminama
    locativenasnaju

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    • Polish:my
    • Silesian:my

    References

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    Polish

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    PolishWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipediapl

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes:
    • Syllabification:my

    Etymology 1

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European*n̥smés
    Proto-Balto-Slavic*mes
    Proto-Slavic*my
    Old Polishmy
    Polishmy

      Inherited fromOld Polishmy.

      Pronoun

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      my

      1. we;first person plural
      2. we;Iroyal first person plural
      3. we;Ieditorial first person plural
      Declension
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      Declension ofmy
      plural
      nominativemy
      genitivenas
      dativenam
      accusativenas
      instrumentalnami
      locativenas
      vocative

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      Etymology 2

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Afroasiatic*maʔ-
      Proto-Semitic*may-
      Phoenician𐤌‬𐤌(m‬m‬)bor.
      Ancient Greekμῦ()lbor.
      Polishmy

        Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekμῦ().

        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        my n (indeclinable)

        1. mu(Greek letter Μ, μ)

        Trivia

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        According toSłownik 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.[1]

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        1. ^Ida Kurcz (1990), “my”, inSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page259

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        Portuguese

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        Pronoun

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        my

        1. obsolete form ofmim

        Scots

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        Inherited fromMiddle Englishmi,my, apocopated form ofmin,myn, fromOld Englishmīn(my, mine), fromProto-West Germanic*mīn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz(my, mine,pron.) (possessive of*ek(I)), fromProto-Indo-European*méynos(my; mine).

        Determiner

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        my

        1. my
          Synonym:mine

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        Scots personal pronouns
        personal pronounpossessive
        pronoun
        possessive
        determiner
        subjectiveobjectivereflexive
        first personsingularA,I,Ikmemyselmine,minesmine,my
        pluralweus,weoorsel,oorselsoorsour
        second personsingularstandard (formal)ye
        you,yow
        ye
        you,yow
        yersel
        yoursel
        yers
        yours
        yer
        your
        Insular (informal)thootheethysel,theeselthinesthy,thee,thees
        pluralye,yese
        you,youse
        ye,yese
        you,youse
        theer
        yesels
        yoursels
        yers
        yours
        yer
        your
        third personsingularmasculinehe,ehim,imhimsel,hisselhis,ishis,is
        femininescho,she,shuher,erherselhersher,er
        neuterit
        hit
        it
        hit
        itsel
        hitsel
        its
        hits
        its
        hits
        genderless, nonspecific
        (formal)
        aneaneane's
        pluralthaythaimthaimsel,thaimselsthairsthair

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        Silesian

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        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European*n̥smés
        Proto-Balto-Slavic*mes
        Proto-Slavic*my
        Old Polishmy
        Silesianmy

          Inherited fromOld Polishmy.

          Pronunciation

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          Pronoun

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          my

          1. first-person plural pronoun;we
            Coordinate term:(singular)

          Declension

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          Declension ofmy
          plural
          nominativemy
          genitivenŏs,nas
          dativenōm,nam
          accusativenŏs,nas
          instrumentalnami
          locativenŏs,nas

          Further reading

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          • my in silling.org

          Slovak

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          Etymology

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          Inherited fromProto-Slavic*my, fromProto-Indo-European*nos.

          Pronunciation

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          Pronoun

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          my

          1. we

          Declension

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          Declension ofmy
          plurale tantum
          nominativemy
          genitivenás
          dativenám
          accusativenás
          locativenás
          instrumentalnami

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          Slovak personal pronouns
          substantivepossessive
          singularpluralsingularplural
          1st personjamymôjnáš
          2nd personfamiliartyvytvojváš
          politevyváš
          3rd personmononi* /onyjehoich
          fonajej
          nonojeho
          reflexiveseba,sa(clitic)svoj

          * masculine animate only,ony otherwise

          Further reading

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          • my”, inSlovníkový 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,2003–2026

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          Noun

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          my n

          1. The Greek letterμ (mu)

          Upper Sorbian

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          Etymology

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          FromProto-Slavic*my, fromProto-Indo-European*wéy.

          Pronoun

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          my

          1. we

          Declension

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          Upper Sorbian personal pronouns
          First person pronouns
          singulardualplural
          nominativejamójmy
          genitivemje
          (after preposition)mnje
          najunas
          dativemi
          (after preposition)mni
          namajnam
          accusativemje
          (after preposition)mnje
          najunas
          instrumentalmnunamajnami
          locativemninas
          Second person pronouns
          singulardualplural
          nominativetywójwy
          genitiveće
          (after preposition)tebje
          wajuwas
          dativeći
          (after preposition)tebi
          wamajwam
          accusativeće
          (after preposition)tebje
          wajuwas
          instrumentaltobuwamajwami
          locativetebiwas
          Third person pronouns
          masculine singularfeminine singularneuter singulardual viriledual nonvirileplural virileplural nonvirile
          nominativewónwonawonowonajwonejwoniwone
          genitivejeho
          (after preposition)njeho
          jeje
          (after preposition)njeje
          jeho
          (after preposition)njeho
          jejujich
          (after preposition)nich
          dativejemu
          (after preposition)njemu
          jej
          (after preposition)njej
          jemu
          (after preposition)njemu
          jimaj
          (after preposition)nimaj
          jim
          (after preposition)nim
          accusativejón
          (after preposition)njón
          (animate)jeho
          (animate after preposition)njeho
          ju
          (after preposition)nju
          jo,je
          (after preposition)njo,nje
          jeju
          (after preposition)njeju
          jej
          (after preposition)njej
          jich
          (after preposition)nich
          je
          (after preposition)nje
          instrumentalnimnjejnimnimajnimi
          locativenich

          Further reading

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          • my” in Soblex

          West Frisian

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          Etymology

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          FromOld Frisian, fromProto-Germanic*miz.

          Pronunciation

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          Pronoun

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          my

          1. object ofik
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