swój

See also: swoj and swōj

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswoj/
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

Declension

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “swòj”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 205
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “swój”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 2, page 1054
  • swój”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɛj/, [swej]

Determiner

swój

  1. one’s (own), my (own), your (own), his (own), her (own), its (own), our (own), their (own) (refers to the subject of the verb)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “swój”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “swój”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish swój.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsfoj]
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their
    • 1954-1986, Kartoteka Słownika Gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1997, number Strzał - Szczęście:
      ȯn set na urlop do sfojej zony sly oba bez las
      [ón sed na ûrlop do swojej zonÿ, słi oba bez las.]
      He went on holiday to his wife, they both walked through the forest.

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /sfɔːj/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /sfoj/

Pronoun

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Masurian: swój
  • Polish: swój
  • Silesian: swōj

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish swój.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfuj/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈsfoj/
  • (file)
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  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

Declension

Derived terms

phrase

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), swój is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 209 times in scientific texts, 210 times in news, 277 times in essays, 302 times in fiction, and 190 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 1188 times, making it the 33rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

  1. Ida Kurcz (1990) “swój”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 571

Further reading

  • swój in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • swój in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • SWÓJ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2020 March 30
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “swój”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “swój”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “swój”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 530
  • swój in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsfoj/
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

  1. reflexive-possessive pronoun one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswʊj/
  • Rhymes: -ʊj
  • Hyphenation: swój
  • Syllabification: swój

Determiner

swój

  1. one’s (own), my (own), his (own), her (own), its (own), our (own), your (own), their (own) (refers to the subject of the verb)

Declension

Further reading

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