он
Adyghe[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- уэн (wɛn) (Kabardian)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
он • (won) (??? please indicate transitivity!)
- to hit someone or something physically and directly (not by throwing for example)
- кӏалэр дэпкъым ео
- kʼalɛr dɛpqəm jewo
- the boy is hitting the wall. (transitive)
- усэоныу уфая?
- wusɛwonəwu wufaja?
- Do you want me to hit you? (transitive)
- Кӏалэм уемэу
- Kʼalɛm wujemɛwu
- Don't hit the boy. (transitive)
- А кӏалэхэр къуотых
- A kʼalɛxɛr qʷuwotəx
- Those boys will hit you. (transitive)
- Кӏалэр мао
- Kʼalɛr mawo
- The boy is hitting. (intransitive)
- to eat with gusto
- нэкӏо пицэ ткъеот
- nɛkʷʼo picɛ tqewot
- Let's eat a pizza! (with gusto) (transitive)
- пицэ укъеота?
- picɛ wuqewota?
- Are you going to eat a pizza? (with gusto) (transitive)
- кӏалэр пицэ ео
- kʼalɛr picɛ jewo
- The boy is eating a pizza (with gusto) (transitive)
- to play music
- кӏалэр гитарым къео
- kʼalɛr ɣitarəm qewo
- the boy is playing the guitar (transitive)
- пяноуым шъукъеуа?
- pjanowəm šʷuqewa?
- Do you (plural) play the piano? (transitive)
- пшынэм еу
- pšənɛm jewu
- Play the accordion. (transitive)
- to shake (milk)
- to shoot (кӏэрахъомкӏэ еон)
- кӏалэр кӏэрахъомкӏэ ео тгъужъым
- kʼalɛr kʼɛraχʷomkʼɛ jewo tğʷuẑəm
- The boy is shooting the wolf with the gun. (transitive)
- to spend money thriftily
- to sting
- to weed
- to smoke
- лӏэр хьащищ ео
- lˢʼɛr ḥaśiś jewo
- The man is smoking hashish. (transitive)
- (mathematics) to multiply
- щым плӏыкӏэ уеомэ пшӏыкӏутӏу къычӏэкьижьыт
- śəm plˢʼəkʼɛ wujewomɛ pšʼəkʷʼutʷʼu qəĉʼɛkʲiźət
- If you multiply three times four it will make twelve. (transitive)
Conjugation[edit]
Transitive:
Intransitive:
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subject | singular | plural | |||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
сэо | оо | мао | тэо | шъоо | маох | ||
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subject object
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singular | plural | |||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
singular | 1st person | сызэуажьы | укъысэуа | къысэуа | - | шъукъысэуа | къысэуах |
2nd person | усэуа | узэуажьы | къыоуа | утэуа | - | къыоуах | |
3rd person | сеуа | уеуа | еуа | теуа | шъуеуа | еуах | |
plural | 1st person | - | укъытэуа | къытэуа | тызэуажьы | шъукъытэуа | къытэуах |
2nd person | шъусэуа | - | къышъоуа | шъутэуа | шъузэуажьы | къышъоуах | |
3rd person | сауа | уауа | ауа | тауа | шъуауа | ауах |
Conjugation[edit]
Prefix | Meaning | Word |
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те | on | теон |
чӏэ | under | чӏэон |
дэ | inside another object | дэон |
хэ | through | хэон |
и | inside | ион |
ӏу | around | ӏуон |
пы | hanging/attached | пыон |
къо | behind | къоон |
го | besides | гоон |
бгъодэ | besides | бгъодэон |
шъхьадэ | over | шъхьадэон |
шъхьапыры | over beyond | шъхьапырыон |
кӏэлъыры | adjutant | кӏэлъырыон |
зэкӏэ | backward | зэкӏэон |
зэбгыры | scatter | зэбгырыон |
жэхэ | unto | жэхэон |
жэдэ | toward mouth | жэдэон |
кӏоцӏы | within inside | кӏоцӏыон |
лъы | toward | лъыон |
See also[edit]
Azerbaijani[edit]
Numeral[edit]
он
Bashkir[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ūn (“flour”).
Cognate with Kazakh ұн (ūn, “flour”), Kyrgyz ун (un, “flour”), Uzbek un (“flour”), Khakas ун (un, “flour”), Turkish un (“flour”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
- flour
- Арыш оно.
- Arış ono.
- Rye flour.
- Баҙарҙан ике тоҡ он һатып алдым.
- Baðarðan ike toq on hatıp aldım.
- I bought two sacks of flour at the marketplace.
- Табаҡҡа биш йомортҡа һытығыҙ, ондо ҡушып болғағыҙ.
- Tabaqqa biş yomortqa hıtığıð, ondo quşıp bolğağıð.
- Crack five eggs into the bowl, add flour and stir.
Declension[edit]
Buryat[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *on.
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
Chulym[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognates include Turkish on, Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (on, “ten”), etc.
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
References[edit]
- А. Ф. кондияков, В. М. Лемская , Чулымский Язык , Д. Пасечное тюхтетского района красноярского края 2007-2021 гг.
Erzya[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mordvinic *un, from Pre-Mordvinic *unə̑, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates include Moksha он (on), Finnish uni.
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
Even[edit]
Adverb[edit]
о̄н (ōn)
References[edit]
- Cincius, V. I.; Rišes, L. D. (1952) Русско-эвенский словарь [Russian–Even Dictionary], Moscow
Kalmyk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *on.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
он • (on) (Clear script spelling ᡆᠨ (on))
See also[edit]
- җил (jil)
Karachay-Balkar[edit]
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
Kazakh[edit]
Pre-reform Arabic | اون |
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Reformed Arabic | ون |
Cyrillic | он |
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Cardinal : он (on) Ordinal : оныншы (onynşy) | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognates include Turkish on, Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (on, “ten”), etc.
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
- ten
- он адам
- on adam
- ten people
Khakas[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”).
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
Komi-Permyak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Permic *on, from Proto-Uralic *adema. Cognates include Komi-Zyrian ун (un) and Udmurt ум (um).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
Komi-Zyrian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
он • (on)
- second-person present/future of оз (oz)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Permic *on, from Proto-Uralic *adema. Cognates include Hungarian álom and Eastern Mari омо (omo).
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
Declension[edit]
Declension of он (stem: онм-) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | он (on) | онъяс (onjas) | |
accusative | I* | он (on) | онъяс (onjas) |
II* | онмӧс (onmös) | онъясӧс (onjasös) | |
instrumental | онмӧн (onmön) | онъясӧн (onjasön) | |
comitative | онкӧд (onköd) | онъяскӧд (onjasköd) | |
caritive | онтӧг (ontög) | онъястӧг (onjastög) | |
consecutive | онла (onla) | онъясла (onjasla) | |
genitive | онлӧн (onlön) | онъяслӧн (onjaslön) | |
ablative | онлысь (onlyś) | онъяслысь (onjaslyś) | |
dative | онлы (only) | онъяслы (onjasly) | |
inessive | онмын (onmyn) | онъясын (onjasyn) | |
elative | онмысь (onmyś) | онъясысь (onjasyś) | |
illative | онмӧ (onmö) | онъясӧ (onjasö) | |
egressive | онсянь (onśań) | онъяссянь (onjasśań) | |
approximative | онлань (onlań) | онъяслань (onjaslań) | |
terminative | онмӧдз (onmödź) | онъясӧдз (onjasödź) | |
prolative | I | онмӧд (onmöd) | онъясӧд (onjasöd) |
II | онті (onti) | онъясті (onjasti) | |
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References[edit]
- A. I. Podorova, editor (1948) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], Syktyvkar: Коми Государственное Издательство, page 143
- L. M. Beznosikova; E. A. Ajbabina; R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 454
Kumyk[edit]
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
Kyrgyz[edit]
100 | ||||
← 1 | ← 9 | 10 | 20 → | 100 → |
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1 | ||||
Cardinal: он (on) Ordinal: онунчу (onunçu) |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognates include Turkish on, Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (on, “ten”), etc.
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
Macedonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
он • (on)
Moksha[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates include Erzya он (on), Finnish uni.
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
Mongolian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mongolic *hon.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈɔŋ/
- Syllabification: он (1 syllable)
Noun[edit]
он • (on)
See also[edit]
- жил (žil)
Northern Altai[edit]
< 9 | 10 | 11 > |
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Cardinal : он (on) Ordinal : онынджы, онынчы (onïndžï, onïnčï) | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”).
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
See also[edit]
- ун (un)
References[edit]
- N. A. Baskakov, editor (1985), “он”, in Severnyje Dialekty Altajskovo( Ojrotskovo) Jazyka- Dialekt Lebedinskix Tatar-čalkancev(kuu-kiži) [Northern Altai language-Dialect of Chelkan], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoj literatury, →ISBN
- N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “он”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN
Russian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- онъ (on) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ), from Proto-Slavic *onъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
он • (on) (feminine counterpart она́, neuter counterpart оно́)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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-) must be prefixed to the pronoun: от него́ (ot nevó, “from him”); на нём (na njóm, “on him”); у него́ (u nevó, “he has”); к нему́ (k nemú, “to him”); с ним (s nim, “with him”).
- 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 его́ (jevó) (i.e., when его́ (jevó) is a possessive pronoun), then н- (n-) is not added: у его́ бра́та (u jevó bráta, “at his brother's”); от его́ ма́тери (ot jevó máteri, “from his mother”); в его́ ко́мнате (v jevó kómnate).
- When there is another word separating a preposition and any oblique case of он (on), then н- (n-) is not added: у самого́ его́ (u samovó jevó, “with him himself”).
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | reflexive | |||||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||||
m | n | f | |||||||||
nominative | я (ja) |
ты (ty) |
он (on) |
оно́ (onó) |
она́ (oná) |
мы (my) |
вы (vy) |
они́ 1 (oní) |
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genitive | меня́ (menjá) |
тебя́ (tebjá) |
его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó) |
её 4, неё 3 4 (jejó, nejó) |
нас (nas) |
вас (vas) |
их, них 3 (ix, nix) |
себя́ (sebjá) | |||
dative | мне (mne) |
тебе́ (tebé) |
ему́, нему́ 3 (jemú, nemú) |
ей, ней 3 (jej, nej) |
нам (nam) |
вам (vam) |
им, ним 3 (im, nim) |
себе́ (sebé) | |||
accusative | меня́ (menjá) |
тебя́ (tebjá) |
его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó) |
её, неё 3 (jejó, nejó) |
нас (nas) |
вас (vas) |
их, них 3 (ix, nix) |
себя́ (sebjá) | |||
instrumental | мной, мно́ю 5 (mnoj, mnóju) |
тобо́й, тобо́ю 5 (tobój, tobóju) |
им, ним 3 (im, nim) |
ей, ней 3, е́ю 5, не́ю 3 5 (jej, nej, jéju, néju) |
на́ми (námi) |
ва́ми (vámi) |
и́ми, ни́ми 3 (ími, ními) |
собо́й, собо́ю 5 (sobój, sobóju) | |||
prepositional 6 | мне (mne) |
тебе́ (tebé) |
нём 3 (njom) |
ней 3 (nej) |
нас (nas) |
вас (vas) |
них 3 (nix) |
себе́ (sebé) | |||
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Related terms[edit]
Rusyn[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old East Slavic онъ (onŭ), from Proto-Slavic *onъ.
Pronoun[edit]
он • (on) (feminine вна́, neuter вно́)
- he
- Ани он, ани его сочасникы не поважовали тогочасный церковнославянскый язык за чужородный.
- Any on, any eho sočasnykŷ ne považovaly tohočasnŷj cerkovnoslavjanskŷj jazŷk za čužorodnŷj.
- He or his contemporaries did not consider Church Slavonic of that time as a foreign language.
Related terms[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
о̑н (Latin spelling ȏn)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural | |||||
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Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | о̑н | о̀на | о̀но | о̀ни | о̀не | о̀на |
genitive | ње̏га, га | ње̑, је | ње̏га, га | њи̑х, их | њи̑х, их | њи̑х, их |
dative | ње̏му, му | њо̑ј, јој | ње̏му, му | њи̏ма, им | њи̏ма, им | њи̏ма, им |
accusative | ње̏га, га, њ | њу̑, ју, је, њу | ње̏га, га, њ | њи̑х, их | њи̑х, их | њи̑х, их |
vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
locative | ње̏м, ње̏му | њо̑ј | ње̏м, ње̏му | њи̏ма | њи̏ма | њи̏ма |
instrumental | њи̑м, њи́ме | њо̑м, њо́ме | њи̑м, њи́ме | њи̏ма | њи̏ма | њи̏ма |
Shor[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognates include Turkish on, Old Turkic 𐰆𐰣 (on, “ten”), etc.
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
References[edit]
* Шорско-русский и русско-шорский словарь 1993
Southern Altai[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognate with Kazakh он (on), Kumyk он (on), Azerbaijani on Turkish on, Shor он, etc.
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
Related terms[edit]
- онынчы (onïnčï)
Tajik[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭 (ān, “that, he”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
Dari | آن |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | он |
он • (on)
Pronoun[edit]
Dari | آن |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | он |
он • (on)
Tuvan[edit]
< 9 | 10 | 11 > |
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Cardinal : он (on) Ordinal : онгу (ongu) | ||
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *ōn (“ten”). Cognate with Turkish on.
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
он • (on)
- Adyghe terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Moksha terms derived from Proto-Finno-Permic
- Moksha lemmas
- Moksha nouns
- Mongolian terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic
- Mongolian terms derived from Proto-Mongolic
- Mongolian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mongolian lemmas
- Mongolian nouns
- Mongolian 1-syllable words
- mn:Time
- Northern Altai terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Northern Altai terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Northern Altai lemmas
- Northern Altai numerals
- Northern Altai cardinal numbers
- Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Russian 1-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Russian/on
- Rhymes:Russian/on/1 syllable
- Russian lemmas
- Russian pronouns
- Russian personal pronouns
- Rusyn terms inherited from Old East Slavic
- Rusyn terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Rusyn terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Rusyn terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Rusyn lemmas
- Rusyn pronouns
- Rusyn personal pronouns
- Rusyn terms with usage examples
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian pronouns
- Serbo-Croatian personal pronouns
- Shor terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Shor terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Shor lemmas
- Shor numerals
- Southern Altai terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Southern Altai terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Southern Altai lemmas
- Southern Altai numerals
- Tajik terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Tajik terms derived from Middle Persian
- Tajik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tajik lemmas
- Tajik determiners
- Tajik pronouns
- Tuvan terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Tuvan terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Tuvan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tuvan lemmas
- Tuvan numerals
- Tuvan cardinal numbers