оно

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ono.

Pronoun

оно • (ono)

1. it
2. nominative/accusative singular neuter of онъ (onŭ)

Declension

Declension of онъ

Singular	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	онъ onŭ	оно ono	она ona
Accusative	онъ onŭ	оно ono	онѫ onǫ
Genitive	оного onogo	оного onogo	оноѩ onoję
Locative	ономь onomĭ	ономь onomĭ	онои onoj
Dative	ономоу onomu	ономоу onomu	онои onoj
Instrumental	онѣмь oněmĭ	онѣмь oněmĭ	оноѭ onojǫ

Dual	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	она ona	онѣ oně	онѣ oně
Accusative	она ona	онѣ oně	онѣ oně
Genitive	оною onoju	оною onoju	оною onoju
Locative	оною onoju	оною onoju	оною onoju
Dative	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma
Instrumental	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma

Plural	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	они oni	она ona	онꙑ ony
Accusative	онꙑ ony	она ona	онꙑ ony
Genitive	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ
Locative	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ
Dative	онѣмъ oněmŭ	онѣмъ oněmŭ	онѣмъ oněmŭ
Instrumental	онѣми oněmi	онѣми oněmi	онѣми oněmi

See also

• ѥ (je)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈno]

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Pronoun

оно́ • (onó) (masculine counterpart он, feminine counterpart она́)

1. it (third-person neuter singular pronoun)

Usage notes

• 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- must be prefixed to the pronoun: от него́ (ot nevó) (from it), на нём (na njom) (on it), у него́ (u nevó) (it has), к нему́ (k nemú) (to it), с ним (s nim) (with it).
• This comes from Proto-Slavic prepositions such as *sъ(n) (sŭ(n), "with", cf. Greek σύν, 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 the n was reinterpreted as part of the pronouns (Old English an, in the same way, lost its -n except before vowels, and sometimes gave it to the following word, as in English adder from Old English nædre), so that Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) *jьmi became modern Russian с ни́ми (s ními), and this new 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- is not prefixed: в его́ положе́нии (v jevó položénii) (in its position), о его́ тка́ни (o jevó tkáni) (about its fabric), с его́ ве́сом (s jevó vésom) (with its weight).
• When there is another word separating a preposition and any oblique case of оно, the н- is not added: у самого́ его́ (u samovó jevó) (with it itself).

Declension

Declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	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)	они́5 (oní)
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́, него́1 2 (jevó, nevó1 2)		её6, неё1 (jejó6, nejó1)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них1 (ix, nix1)		себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	ему́, нему́1 (jemú, nemú1)		ей, ней1 (jej, nej1)		нам (nam)	вам (vam)	им, ним1 (im, nim1)		себе́ (sebé)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́, него́1 2 (jevó, nevó1 2)		её, неё1 (jejó, nejó1)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них1 (ix, nix1)		себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю4 (mnoj, mnóju4)	тобо́й, тобо́ю4 (tobój, tobóju4)	им, ним1 (im, nim1)		ей, е́ю4, ней1, не́ю1 4 (jej, jéju4, nej1, néju1 4)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми1 (ími, ními1)		собо́й, собо́ю4 (sobój, sobóju4)
prepositional3	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	нём1 (njom1)		ней1 (nej1)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	них1 (nix1)		себе́ (sebé)
The alternative forms starting with "н-" (n-) are used after a preposition. The letter "г" (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition. Instrumental forms ending in "-ю" (ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal. Archaic feminine form: оне́ (oné). Archaic form: ея́ (jejá).

Pre-1918 declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural					reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f				m or n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ты (ty)	онъ (on)	оно́ (onó)	она́ (oná)		мы (my)	вы (vy)	они́ (oní)	онѣ́ (oně́)
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́, него́1 2 (jegó, negó1 2)		ея́, нея́1 (jejá, nejá1)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ1 (ix, nix1)			себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	ему́, нему́1 (jemú, nemú1)		ей, ней1 (jej, nej1)		намъ (nam)	вамъ (vam)	им, ним1 (im, nim1)			себѣ́ (sebě́)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́, него́1 2 (jegó, negó1 2)		её, неё1 (jejó, nejó1)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ1 (ix, nix1)			себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю (mnoj, mnóju4)	тобо́й, тобо́ю (tobój, tobóju4)	им, ним1 (im, nim1)		ей, е́ю4, ней1, не́ю1 4 (jej, jéju4, nej1, néju1 4)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми1 (ími, ními1)			собо́й, собо́ю4 (sobój, sobóju4)
prepositional3	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	нёмъ1 (njom1)		ней1 (nej1)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	нихъ1 (nix1)			себѣ́ (sebě́)
The alternative forms starting with "н-" (n-) are used after a preposition. Letter "г" (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/ The prepositional case is never used without a preposition Instrumental forms ending in "-ю" (ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.

Related terms

• его́ (jevó)
• свой (svoj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ono, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒno/
• Hyphenation: о‧но

Pronoun

о̀но (Latin spelling òno)

1. it

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	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