my

Alternative forms

• ma, mah, me, muh

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: mī IPA^(key): /maɪ/

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• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /maɪ/, /mə/
  • (unstressed, Cockney) IPA^(key): /mɪ/, /mi/
• IPA^(key): /mi/ in some speakers of Hiberno-English, Scouse
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: muh (some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive 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.

Etymology 2

An abbreviation of an oath such as my word or my lord

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mij.

Etymology 2

From Dutch mijn.

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) me

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronoun

my

1. I, me

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪ/

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Pronoun

my

1. we

Noun

my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Noun

my c

1. micron

References

• “my” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

mj (“like”) +‎ -j (“adverbializing suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /miː/
  • Conventional anglicization: my

Adverb

1. likewise
2. accordingly

References

• Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronoun

my pl

1. we

Conjunction

my

1. if

Determiner

my (subjective pronoun I)

1. Alternative form of mi.

References

• “min, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɨ/

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Pronoun

my

1. we (first person plural )

Further reading

• my in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronoun

my

1. Obsolete form of mim.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

Pronoun

my

1. we

Further reading

• my in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Noun

my n

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my, from Proto-Indo-European *nos

Pronoun

my

1. we

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪ/
• IPA^(key): /mi/ (Eastern)

Pronoun

my

1. me

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mýː], [mǿʏ̯ː], [mʊ́ɪ̯ː]

  Rhymes: -ýː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ýː, -ýːð

  (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íː, -ýː

Etymology

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Old English mycg, mycge (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian муха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian муха (múxa); Bulgarian муха (múxa); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.