вони

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak voni, vony, from Proto-Slavic *oni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔni]
• Rhymes: -ɔni
• Hyphenation: во‧ни

Pronoun

вони (voni) pl

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

Usage notes

• Unlike Slovak oni and ony, there is no gender or animacy distinction in the third-person plural pronoun.

Declension

Declension of Pannonian Rusyn personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ти (ti)	вон (von)	воно (vono)	вона (vona)		ми (mi)	ви (vi)	вони (voni)
genitive	мнє, ме 1 ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це 1 ‎(tebe, ce)	його 1, нього 2, ньго 2, го 1 (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		єй 1, нєй  2 ‎(jej, njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 1, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
dative	мнє, ми (mnje, mi)	тебе, ци ‎(tebe, ci)	йому 4, ньому 2, му ‎(jomu, nʹomu, mu)		єй, нєй 2 ‎(jej, njej)		нам ‎(nam)	вам (vam)	їм 4, нїм 2, им 3 (jim, njim, im)		себе (sebe)
accusative	мнє, ме ‎(mnje, me)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	його 4, нього 2, ньго 2, го (joho, nʹoho, nʹho, ho)		ю, ню 2 ‎(ju, nju)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	їх 4, нїх 2, их 3 (jix, njix, ix)		себе (sebe)
instrumental 5	мну (mnu)	тобу ‎(tobu)	нїм (njim)		ню ‎(nju)		нами (nami)	вами ‎(vami)	нїма (njima)		собу ‎(sobu)
locative 5	мнє ‎(mnje)	тебе, це ‎(tebe, ce)	нїм / ньому (njim / n'omu)		нєй (njej)		нас ‎(nas)	вас (vas)	нїх (njix)		себе (sebe)
Used with reflexive verbs. The alternative forms with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition. The plural forms with an initial и- (i-) are unstressed. The forms with an initial й- (j-) or ї- (ji-) in the third person non-feminine dative/accusative cases are used at the beginning of the sentence and when they are stressed. The instrumental and locative cases are never used without a preposition.

Further reading

• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “they”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 327

Anagrams

• нови (novi)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvonʲɪ]

Noun

во́ни • (vóni) f inan or f inan pl

1. inflection of вонь (vonʹ):
   1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wɔˈnɪ]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

вони́ • (voný)

1. (the third-person plural) they
2. (the third-person singular, usually colloquial and respectful) they
3. (the third-person singular, gender-neutral, proscribed) they

Usage notes

While Ukrainian does not have an official pronoun for non-binary individuals, some have claimed the usage of вони (vony) as an equivalent to the singular they in English.

Declension

Declension of Ukrainian personal pronouns

			nominative	genitive	dative	accusative	instrumental	locative
singular	1st person		я (ja)	мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*)	мені́ (mení)	мене́, ме́не* (mené, méne*)	мно́ю (mnóju)	мені́ (mení)
	2nd person		ти (ty)	тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*)	тобі́ (tobí)	тебе́, те́бе* (tebé, tébe*)	тобо́ю (tobóju)	тобі́ (tobí)
	3rd person	m	він (vin)	його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*)	йому́ (jomú)	його́, ньо́го* (johó, nʹóho*)	ним (nym)	ньо́му, нім (nʹómu, nim)
		n	воно́ (vonó)
		f	вона́ (voná)	її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*)	їй (jij)	її́, не́ї* (jijí, néji*)	не́ю (néju)	ній (nij)
plural	1st person		ми (my)	нас (nas)	нам (nam)	нас (nas)	на́ми (námy)	нас (nas)
	2nd person		ви (vy)	вас (vas)	вам (vam)	вас (vas)	ва́ми (vámy)	вас (vas)
	3rd person		вони́ (voný)	їх, них* (jix, nyx*)	їм (jim)	їх, них* (jix, nyx*)	ни́ми (nýmy)	них (nyx)
reflexive			—	себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*)	собі́ (sobí)	себе́, се́бе* (sebé, sébe*)	собо́ю (sobóju)	собі́ (sobí)

* The alternative forms with stress retraction and with an initial н- (n-) in the third person are used after a preposition.

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вони”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “вони”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN