my
Part of speech: det
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: ma
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: mah
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: me
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: muh
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: I's
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: ma
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: mah
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: me
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: muh
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: I's
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
pos: det
examples: I can't find my book.
Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
gloss: First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
pos: det
examples: My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
gloss: First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
pos: det
examples: My parents won't let me go out tonight.
From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
gloss: First-person singular possessive determiner. See Appendix:Possessive#English.
pos: det
examples: I have to take my books back to the library soon.
gloss: Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
pos: intj
examples: My, what big teeth you have!
My, you’re a pretty one!
Related words: mine
Ime
me
myselfmemysen
mymineme
we
us
ourselvesourselfoursen
oursourn
our
you
yourselfyoursen
yoursyourn
your
thou
thee
thyselftheeselfthysen
thine
thythine
youye
yourselves
you ally'all you guys yous
y'allselves
all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
he
him
himselfhisselfhissen
hishisn
his
she
her
herselfhersen
hershern
ithit
itselfhitself
itshis
itshishits
they
them
themself
themselves
theirs
their
one
oneself
–
one's
themhem
'em
themselvestheirsen
theirstheirn
The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
Derived words: ain't no shame in my game
and I claim my five pounds
black as my hat
blow my buttons
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
meeple
milady
milord
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 good man
my goodness
my gosh
my guy
my hat
my heavens
my lady's washbowl
my land
my learned friends
my nabs
my pleasure
my point exactly
my rear
my sainted aunt
my sainted uncle
myselves
my sibling in Christ
myside bias
my sides
my sister in Christ
my son
my stars
mystorical
mystory
mytacism
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
ohmygosh
shiver my sides
shiver my soul
smoke my pole
so help my tater
stap my vitals
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
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