ma

[ma]

1. possessive determiner, feminine singular My.

2. possessive pronoun, feminine singular Mine.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into mal’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For masculine plural: mas; for feminine forms, see mou.

Etymology: From Latin mea.

mou

[mou̯]

1. possessive determiner, masculine singular My.

2. possessive pronoun, masculine singular Mine.

Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into moul’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For masculine plural: mous; for feminine forms, see ma.

Etymology: From Latin meus by analogy with tuus.