mee
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mee, variant of me, from Old English mē (“me”). More at me.
Pronoun
mee (personal pronoun)
- Obsolete form of me.
- 1606 — Shakespeare, Macbeth 7.7
- Macb. Accursed be that tongue that tels mee so;
- For it hath Cow'd my better part of man: […]
- Macb. Accursed be that tongue that tels mee so;
- 1606 — Shakespeare, Macbeth 7.7
- obsolete emphatic of me
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost Book III
- Behold mee then, mee for him, life for life
I offer, on mee let thine anger fall;
Account mee man; […]
- Behold mee then, mee for him, life for life
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost Book III
Dutch
Etymology
From older mede with the frequent loss of intervocalic -d- (cf. kou vs. koude ["cold"]; slee vs. slede ["sleigh"]). The forms mee and mede were subsequently distributed to different senses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meː/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː
Inflection
Indonesian
Luxembourgish
Malay
Manx
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish mé, from Proto-Celtic *mī, from Proto-Indo-European *me (“me”).
Etymology 2
From Old Irish mí, from Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”).
Noun
mee f (genitive singular mee, plural meeghyn)
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mee | vee | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *mē, from Proto-Germanic *maiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meː/
Adverb
mêe
- more, to a greater degree
- Antonym: min
- more often, more frequently
- Antonym: min
- better
- rather
- later, further on in time
- also, furthermore
Descendants
- Dutch: meer
Sinacantán
Related terms
- apparently meelatí (“yellow”)
References
- Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)
Spanish
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