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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mojь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *maias, from Proto-Indo-European *móyos (“my; mine”). Cognate with Old Prussian mais, gen.sg. maian.
Determiner
*mojь
- my
Declension
Declension of *mojь (soft pronominal)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mojь | *moja | *moje |
| Accusative | *mojь | *mojǫ | *moje |
| Genitive | *mojego | *mojeję | *mojego |
| Locative | *mojemь | *mojejь | *mojemь |
| Dative | *mojemu | *mojejь | *mojemu |
| Instrumental | *mojimь | *mojejǫ | *mojimь |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *moja | *moji | *moji |
| Accusative | *moja | *moji | *moji |
| Genitive | *mojeju | *mojeju | *mojeju |
| Locative | *mojeju | *mojeju | *mojeju |
| Dative | *mojima | *mojima | *mojima |
| Instrumental | *mojima | *mojima | *mojima |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *moji | *moję | *moja |
| Accusative | *moję | *moję | *moja |
| Genitive | *mojixъ | *mojixъ | *mojixъ |
| Locative | *mojixъ | *mojixъ | *mojixъ |
| Dative | *mojimъ | *mojimъ | *mojimъ |
| Instrumental | *mojimi | *mojimi | *mojimi |
Declension of the personal pronouns
| Singular | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *jãzъ, *jà | *ty̑ | — |
| Accusative | *mę̑ | *tę̑ | *sę̑ |
| Genitive | *mȅne | *tȅbe | *sȅbe |
| Locative | *mьně̀ | *tebě̀ | *sebě̀ |
| Dative | *mьně̀, *mi | *tebě̀, *ti | *sebě̀, *si |
| Instrumental | *mъnòjǫ, *mъnojǫ̀ | *tobòjǫ, *tobojǫ̀ | *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀ |
| Possessive | *mojь | *tvojь | *svojь |
| Dual | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
| Nominative | *vě̑ | *vy̑ | — |
| Accusative | *nȃ | *vȃ | *sę̑ |
| Genitive | *nàju | *vàju | *sȅbe |
| Locative | *nàju | *vàju | *sebě̀ |
| Dative | *nàma, *na | *vàma, *va | *sebě̀, *si |
| Instrumental | *nàma | *vàma | *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀ |
| Possessive | *našь | *vašь | *svojь |
| Plural | 1st person | 2nd person | Reflexive |
| Nominative | *my̑ | *vy̑ | — |
| Accusative | *ny̑ | *vy̑ | *sę̑ |
| Genitive | *nàsъ | *vàsъ | *sȅbe |
| Locative | *nàsъ | *vàsъ | *sebě̀ |
| Dative | *nàmъ, *ny | *vàmъ, *vy | *sebě̀, *si |
| Instrumental | *nàmi | *vàmi | *sobòjǫ, *sobojǫ̀ |
| Possessive | *našь | *vašь | *svojь |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мой (moj)
- Russian: мой (moj)
- Ukrainian: мій (mij)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мои (moi)
- Bulgarian: мой (moj)
- Macedonian: мој (moj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мо̑ј
- Latin: mȏj
- Slovene: mọ́j (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mój
- Czech: můj
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): muj
- Czech: můj
- Kashubian: mój
- Polish: mój
- Slovak: môj
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mój
- Lower Sorbian: mój
- Old Czech: mój
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мой”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress