онъ

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *oŋ. Cognate to Khakas оң (oñ), Shor оң (oŋ), Tuvan оң (oñ), Tofa оӈ (oŋ), Western Yugur oŋ (“right, correct”), etc.

Adjective

онъ • (onʺ)

1. right

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “онъ”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *onъ.

Pronoun

онъ • (onŭ)

1. he (personal pronoun)
2. that one there, that one yonder

Usage notes

The nominative forms of онъ (onŭ) served as third-person personal pronouns. In all the other cases (and occasionally in the nominative as well), the forms of и (i) were used.

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 onoi
Dative	ономоу onomu	ономоу onomu	онои onoi
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

• и (i)
• сь (sĭ)
• тъ (tŭ)
• овъ (ovŭ)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [on]

• Audio:

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Pronoun

онъ • (on)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of он (on).

Declension

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 / 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 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		ея́ 3, нея́ 2 3 (jejá, nejá)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	ему́, нему́ 2 (jemú, nemú)		ей, ней 2 (jej, nej)		намъ (nam)	вамъ (vam)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)			себѣ́ (sebě́)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		её, неё 2 (jejó, nejó)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю 4 (mnoj, mnóju)	тобо́й, тобо́ю 4 (tobój, tobóju)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)		ей, ней 2, е́ю 4, не́ю 2 4 (jej, nej, jéju, néju)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми 2 (ími, ními)			собо́й, собо́ю 4 (sobój, sobóju)
prepositional5	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	нёмъ 2 (njom)		ней 2 (nej)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	нихъ 2 (nix)			себѣ́ (sebě́)

1. Letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
2. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
3. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
4. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
5. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.