ón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoŋ/

Numeral

ón (feminine ónna)

1. one

References

Lepri, Luigi; Vitali, Daniele (2002), “ón”, in Dizionario Bolognese-Italiano, Italiano-Bolognese. Dizionèri Bulgnaiṡ-Itagliàn, Itagliàn-Bulgnaiṡ, 2nd edition, Bologna: Pendragon, →ISBN

Hungarian

Chemical element
Sn
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Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wolnɜ (“tin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

ón (usually uncountable, plural ónok)

1. tin (chemical element)

   Synonyms: bádog, cin

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ón	ónok
accusative	ónt	ónokat
dative	ónnak	ónoknak
instrumental	ónnal	ónokkal
causal-final	ónért	ónokért
translative	ónná	ónokká
terminative	ónig	ónokig
essive-formal	ónként	ónokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ónban	ónokban
superessive	ónon	ónokon
adessive	ónnál	ónoknál
illative	ónba	ónokba
sublative	ónra	ónokra
allative	ónhoz	ónokhoz
elative	ónból	ónokból
delative	ónról	ónokról
ablative	óntól	ónoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	óné	ónoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ónéi	ónokéi

Possessive forms of ón

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ónom	ónjaim
2nd person sing.	ónod	ónjaid
3rd person sing.	ónja	ónjai
1st person plural	ónunk	ónjaink
2nd person plural	ónotok	ónjaitok
3rd person plural	ónjuk	ónjaik

Derived terms

• ónos

Compound words

• irón

Further reading

• ón in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːnˠ/

Contraction

ón (triggers eclipsis or lenition depending on dialect)

1. contraction of ó +‎ an, literally “from the”

   ón abhainn ― from the river

Alternative forms

• ó’n (superseded)

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

	contracted with							copular forms
base form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	before a consonant	before a vowel
									present/future	past/conditional
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh

*dialectal

Preposition

ón

1. (dialectal) alternative form of ó (“from, since”)

Usage notes

This form is found only before bhur (“your pl”) and is not part of the standard written language. In older texts, ón bhur may also be spelled ó nbhur.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːn/

Etymology 1

From ṡón, the lenited form of són.

Pronoun

ón

1. clitic form of sodain

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.

Derived terms

• ed ón

Adverb

ón

1. so, thus; often not to be translated

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of úa (“from/of/by”) +‎ in (“the”, dative singular).

Article

ón

1. from/of/by the (dative singular)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• óin, úain

Noun

ón f (genitive ónae)

1. verbal noun of oidid: loan, lending

Usage notes

Often used to contrast with airlicud, with the implication that while an airlicud charges interest, an ón is interest-free.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ónL	—	—
vocative	ónL	—	—
accusative	óinN	—	—
genitive	ónaeH	—	—
dative	óinL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ón

radical	lenition	nasalization
ón (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ón	n-ón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ván, vón

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Noun

ón f

1. hope, expectation

Declension

Declension of ón (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ón	ónin	ónir	ónirnar
accusative	ón	ónina	ónir	ónirnar
dative	ón	óninni	ónum	ónunum
genitive	ónar	ónarinnar	óna	ónanna