mej

See also: měj

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

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [mʲetʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /mʲetʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {mȩj}

Adjective

mej

  1. dead
  2. numb
  3. sick; sickness

Adverb

mej

  1. dead

Noun

mej

  1. death
  2. disease; ill, illness
  3. plague

Verb

mej

  1. die
  2. wrath

References

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛj/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Syllabification: mej

Pronoun

mej

  1. Alternative form of mojej.

Slovene

Noun

mej

  1. genitive dual/plural of meja

Swedish

Pronoun

mej

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of mig.

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council
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