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See also: Appendix:Variations of "my"
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Myanmar, formerly Burma, where Burmese is spoken.
Symbol
my
See also
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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
- First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
- Belonging to me.
- I can't find my book.
- 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.
- Related to me.
- My parents won't let me go out tonight.
- 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 10, lines 165-166:
- From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
- In the possession of me.
- I have to take my books back to the library soon.
- Belonging to me.
Derived terms
- ain't no shame in my game
- and I claim my five pounds
- black as my hat
- cheers my dears
- did my back hurt your knife
- don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
- don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
- Draw My Life
- elementary, my dear Watson
- flat as my hat
- forgive my French
- get out of my sight
- hippity hoppity get off my property
- hold my milk
- I don't boil my cabbage twice
- I don't chew my cabbage twice
- I'll go to the foot of my stairs
- it's all over my screen
- kiss my balls
- my arse
- my aunt
- my b
- my bad
- my brother in Christ
- my culture is not your costume
- my eye
- my eyeball
- my fellow Americans
- my foot
- my friend
- my giddy aunt
- my God
- my goodness
- my gosh
- my guy
- my heavens
- my lady's washbowl
- my land
- my people yearn for freedom
- my pleasure
- my point exactly
- my rear
- my sainted aunt
- my sainted uncle
- my sides
- my sister in Christ
- my son
- my stars
- my teeth are floating
- my thigh
- my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
- my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas
- my watch has ended
- my way or the highway
- my word
- no shame in my game
- oh my fucking God
- shiver my sides
- shiver my soul
- smoke my pole
- so help my tater
- thank you for coming to my TED Talk
- the dog ate my homework
- there's no shame in my game
- upon my soul
- welcome to my life
- wet my lips
- whoops, there go my trousers
Related terms
Translations
belonging to me
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Etymology 2
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my Lord
Interjection
my
Derived terms
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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Pronoun
my (subject ek)
- me (object)
Alternative forms
See also
Etymology 2
Determiner
my
- my; of me
Alternative forms
See also
Cameroon Pidgin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Determiner
my
- 1st person singular possessive determiner
See also
Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
Pronoun
my
- I (subject pronoun)
- 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”, in The Chinese Repository, volume IV, number 9, page 433:
- ‘My wanchee takee go away alla this cover, putee nother piece,’ replied I.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- me (object pronoun)
- Synonym: me
- my (possessive pronoun)
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Cornish
Alternative forms
- (Revived Late Cornish) me
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī. Cognate with Breton me, Irish mé, Manx mee, Scottish Gaelic mi, and Welsh mi.
Pronoun
my
See also
1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins 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 Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech my, from Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
my
Declension
Declension of my (pl-only animate pronoun)
Related terms
1 animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.
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), 2008–2025
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Danish
Noun
my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)
Declension
Noun
my c
Synonyms
References
- “my” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Pronoun
my
Usage notes
- The spelling my was deprecated in a Dutch spelling reform.
Egyptian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /miː/
- Conventional anglicization: my
Adverb
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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
Declension
Declension of the first-person pronouns
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Manx
Middle English
Old Czech
Old Polish
Polish
Portuguese
Scots
Silesian
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Swedish
Upper Sorbian
West Frisian
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