mej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mōja, cognate with Old High German muoan (“to work diligently”), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “toil of war”) and Proto-Slavic *majati (“to work slowly”).

Verb

mej (first-person singular past tense meja, participle mejur)

  1. I reduce, make fade, extinguish
  2. I fail

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛj/, [mej]

Pronoun

mej du

  1. we two

Declension
Declension of the first-person pronouns
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ja mej my
Genitive mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 naju nas
Dative mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 nama nam
Accusative mě
(after preposition) mnjo		 naju nas
Instrumental mnu nama nami
Locative mnjo nama nas
Possessive determiner mój naju naš

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛj/

Pronoun

mej

  1. Alternative form of mojej.

Swedish

Pronoun

mej

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of mig.

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.
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