my

• ma, mah, me, muh

• (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)

From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), 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.

my

1. First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
   1. Belonging to me.

      I can't find my book.

   2. 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.

   3. Related to me.

      My parents won't let me go out tonight.

   4. In the possession of me.

      I have to take my books back to the library soon.

• mine

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

my

1. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.

   My, what big teeth you have!

• my my

• IPA^(key): /məi/

From Dutch mij.

my (subject ek)

1. me (object)

From Dutch mijn.

my

1. my; of me

• (Standard Cornish) me

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

my

1. I, me

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

• IPA^(key): /mɪ/

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my

1. we

my n (singular definite myet, plural indefinite myer)

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

my c

1. micron

• mikrometer
• mikron

• “my” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

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

1. likewise
2. accordingly

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

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

my pl

1. we

my

1. if

my (subjective pronoun I)

1. Alternative form of mi.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /mɨ/

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my

1. we (first person plural )

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

• my in Polish dictionaries at PWN

my

1. Obsolete form of mim.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

my

1. we

• ja
• ty
• on ona ono
• vy
• oni ony

• my in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

my n

1. The Greek letter μ (mu)

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

my

1. we

From Old Frisian mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /mi/

my

1. object of ik

• IPA^(key): [mýː], [mǿʏ̯ː], [mʊ́ɪ̯ː]

  Rhymes: -ýː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ýː, -ýːð

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

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.

my n

1. (collective) mosquitoes

my f

1. mosquito

• myskrank (“crane fly”)