мои
Forms
мои (moi) m[1]
Etymology
It is inherited from Proto-Slavic *mojь (“my”), a word of every Slavic language.[2][3][1] The same word is Russian мой (moj), Bulgarian мой (moj), Serbo-Croatian mȏj, Slovene mọ́j, Czech můj and Polish mój.[2][3][4]
Wiktionary traces the Proto-Slavic word to Proto-Balto-Slavic *majas and Proto-Indo-European *móyos (“my, mine”);[1][3] Derksen reconstructs *h₁mo-io-.[1][3] Its exact counterpart in Baltic is Old Prussian mais (“my”).[2][3][1][4] According to ESJS the Indo-European possessives began as adjectives made from the oblique or enclitic forms of the personal pronouns, separately in each branch, and the Proto-Slavic word is most likely the enclitic dative *moi (in OCS the enclitic dative of азъ) turned into an adjective with the thematic vowel.[2] Vasmer explains it in the same way.[4] Latin meus (“my”) points to an older *mej-o-, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins, “my”) is built on the same *mei with an n-suffix, and Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós, “my”) on the accusative ἐμέ (emé).[2][4] ESJS thinks less likely the view of Pokorny and Vaillant that the word is an adjective formed with a jo-suffix.[2]
Earliest recorded meaning
The possessive is in all the oldest manuscripts, more than 1,600 times in those the SNSP covers.[5] In the Gospels it renders Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós) and the genitive μου (mou), as in ꙇже слꙑшитъ словеса моѣ си “whoever hears these words of mine” (Mt 7, 24, Codex Zographensis, Codex Marianus, Codex Assemanianus and the Ostromir Gospel), for ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους.[6]
Semantic evolution
Where the Codex Zographensis and the Codex Marianus have мои, the Savvina kniga sometimes has the enclitic dative instead, ми словеса in Mt 7, 24 and да ми подъ кровъ in Mt 8, 8.[6] The neuter is also used as a noun: моѥ “what is mine” and моꙗ “my things”, as in вⸯсѣ моѣ твоѣ сѫтъ “all that is mine is yours” (L 15, 31).[5] In Mt 26, 18 the Codex Assemanianus has моими where the other Gospels have своими.[5]
Dated translations in the SlaVaComp database use it for ἐμός and the genitive μου, and Giltebrandt lists it for ἐμός throughout the Church Slavonic New Testament.[7][8]
Timeline
- End of the 9th – beginning of the 10th century – мои renders ἐμός in the Euchologium Sinaiticum.[7]
- Until the beginning of the 15th century – a Serbian translation of patristic texts from the Rila Monastery uses it for μου.[7]
- 1882–1885 – Giltebrandt lists its New Testament uses for ἐμός.[8]
Meanings
Pronoun
- my, mine; for ἐμός and the genitive μου.[6][5][1]
- (neuter, as a noun) What is mine; in the plural, my things, my property.[5]
Related words
References
- ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
- ^ a b c d e f Havlová, Eva; Erhart, Adolf; Janyšková, Ilona (eds.) (1989–2022), Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského, 21 fascicles, Praha: Academia / Brno: Tribun EU, p. 486
- ^ a b c d e Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4, Leiden / Boston: Brill
- ^ a b c d Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), Ètimologičeskij slovar' russkogo jazyka, transl. and suppl. by O. N. Trubačev, 4 vols., Moskva: Progress, p. 2, 639
- ^ a b c d e Slovník nejstarších staroslověnských památek (digital ed., Gorazd, Slovanský ústav AV ČR, gorazd.org); cf. Cejtlin, R. M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, É. (eds.) (1994), Staroslavjanskij slovar' (po rukopisjam X–XI vekov), Moskva: Russkij jazyk
- ^ a b c Kurz, Josef; Hauptová, Zoe (eds.) (1958–1997), Slovník jazyka staroslověnského / Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae, 4 vols. + supplements, Praha: Academia; digital ed. gorazd.org
- ^ a b c SlaVaComp Metaglossar Griechisch–Kirchenslavisch, Universität Freiburg, slavistik-portal.de
- ^ a b Gil'tebrandt, P. A. (1882–1885), Spravočnyj i ob''jasnitel'nyj slovar' k Novomu Zavetu, 6 vols., Sankt-Peterburg