она

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See also: оня and -оња

Azerbaijani

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Pronoun

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она

  1. Cyrillic spelling of ona

Macedonian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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она (ona)

  1. neuter singular of оној (onoj)

Pronoun

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она (ona)

  1. (regional, Bitola) feminine singular of онај (onaj)

Usage notes

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  • Forms a minimal pair with it's neuter form: neuter /ˈo̞nɐ/ vs. feminine /ˈɒnɐ/. This is not indicated when the Bitola dialect is written out by it's speakers; instead, context is used to assertain what is meant.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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она (ona)

  1. (dialectal) she
    Synonym: (standard) таа (taa)

Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronoun

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она (ona)

  1. she
  2. nominative singular feminine of онъ (onŭ)
  3. nominative/accusative dual masculine of онъ (onŭ)
  4. nominative/accusative plural neuter of онъ (onŭ)

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Russian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐˈna]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

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она́ (oná) (masculine counterpart он, neuter counterpart оно́)

  1. she, it (third-person feminine singular pronoun)
    Её нет до́ма (genitive)Jejó net dómaShe’s not home.
    Ей не спи́тся. (dative)Jej ne spítsja.She is unable to sleep.
    Я ви́жу её. (accusative)Ja vížu jejó.I see her.
    За не́ю пять рубле́й. (instrumental)Za néju pjatʹ rubléj.She owes five rubles.
    Он э́то при ней сказа́л. (prepositional)On éto pri nej skazál.He said it in her presence.
Usage notes
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  • Whenever a preposition stands immediately before any of the oblique cases of the third-person pronoun (singular or plural) and directly governs it, then an н- (n-) is prefixed to the pronoun: от неё (ot nejó, from her); на ней (na nej, on her); у неё (u nejó, she has); к ней (k nej, to her); с не́ю (s néju, with her).
  • This comes from Proto-Slavic prepositions such as *sъ(n) (with) (compare Ancient Greek σύν (sún) and Latin cum), that originally ended in -n and governed oblique cases. Since the prepositions and the pronouns occurred together so often, it was easy to lose track of which word the final -n belonged to, and so it was reinterpreted as part of the pronouns; compare Old English an, which was reinterpreted in the same way. Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) *jьmi became modern Russian с ни́ми (s ními), and this rule was extended to all prepositions governing any third-person pronoun.
  • Note that if the preposition does not directly govern её (jejó) (i.e., when её (jejó) is a possessive pronoun), then н- (n-) is not added: у её бра́та (u jejó bráta, at her brother’s); о её ма́тери (o jejó máteri, about her mother); в её ко́мнате (v jejó kómnate, in her room).
  • When there is another word separating a preposition and any oblique case of она́ (oná), then н- (n-) is not added: у само́й её (u samój jejó, with her herself).
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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о́на (óna)

  1. short feminine singular of о́ный (ónyj)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒna/
  • Hyphenation: о‧на

Pronoun

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о̀на (Latin spelling òna)

  1. she
  2. they (nominative plural of о̀но (it))

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