swój

See also: swoj and swōj

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsfwoj/
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

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

Declension

Declension of swój (irregular)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter virile non-virile
animate inanimate
nominative swój swòja, swa1 swòje swòji swòje
genitive swòjégò, swégò1 swòji, swi1 swòjégò, swégò1 swòjich, swich1, swëch1
dative swòjémù, swémù1 swòji, swi1 swòjémù, swémù1 swòjim, swim1
accusative swòjégò, swégò1 swój swòjã, swã1 swòje swòjich, swich1, swëch1 swòje
instrumental swòjim, swim1 swòją, swą1 swòjim, swim1 swòjima, swima1
locative swòjim, swim1 swòji, swi1 swòjim, swim1 swòjich, swich1, swëch1

1Rare.

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[1], 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): /ˈswɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Syllabification: swój

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

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

  • Polish: swój
  • Silesian: swōj

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “swój”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish swój.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈsfuj/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Syllabification: swój

Pronoun

swój

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

Declension

Derived terms

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

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svojь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsfoj/
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • 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