onen

Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : onen

Alternative forms

• onan (Standard Written Form)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Breton unan, Manx unnane.

Numeral

onen

1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) one

Related terms

• udn/unn

See also

• (cardinal number): Next: dew

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech on, from Proto-Slavic *onъ (pronoun referring to a distant object). Its cognates include pronouns onam, onde, ondy, onehdy, onak. Compare also verb zaonačit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈonɛn]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: onen

Pronoun

onen m (feminine ona, neuter ono)

1. referring to something distant

   Synonym: tamten

   onen svět ― otherworld

2. referring to something well known

   Synonym: ten

Declension

Declension of onen (irregular)

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	onen		ona	ono
genitive	onoho		oné	onoho
dative	onomu		oné	onomu
accusative	onoho	onen	onu	ono
locative	onom		oné	onom
instrumental	oním		onou	oním
plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	oni	ony		ona
genitive	oněch
dative	oněm
accusative	ony			ona
locative	oněch
instrumental	oněmi

Further reading

• onen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• onen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• onen in Internetová jazyková příručka
• E. D., Onen, Naše řeč, volume 22 (1938), issue 6–7

Dutch

Alternative forms

• oonen (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *ônen, from Old Dutch *ōnon, from Proto-West Germanic *aunōn, from Proto-Germanic *aunōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoː.nə(n)/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: onen
• Rhymes: -oːnən

Verb

onen

1. (of sheep, Holland, limited to West Frisia) to yean
   • 1998 November 16, Nico ter Linden, “Verrassend Stellingwerfs”, in Trouw:

     In het voorjaar onen de schapen, dan brengen zij lammeren ter wereld.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 2010, Gerbrand Bakker, Boven is het stil, Uitgeverij Cossee, 20th ed. (1st ed. from 2006).

     ‘Waarom?’ vraagt hij.

     ‘Omdat ze dan gaan onen.’

     ‘Wat?’

     ‘Onen. Lammeren.’

   • 2012 January 3, Winnie van Galen, “Eigenwijze lammetjes bij Ilona en Rob”, in Noordhollands Dagblad:

     De eigenaar kan nu veel meer schapen laten onen wanneer het hem pas.^[sic]

     The owner can now let a lot more sheep yean when it suits him.

Inflection

Inflection of onen (weak)
infinitive	onen
past singular	oonde
past participle	geoond
infinitive	onen
gerund	onen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	oon	oonde
2nd person sing. (jij)	oont	oonde
2nd person sing. (u)	oont	oonde
2nd person sing. (gij)	oont	oonde
3rd person singular	oont	oonde
plural	onen	oonden
subjunctive sing.1	one	oonde
subjunctive plur.1	onen	oonden
imperative sing.	oon
imperative plur.1	oont
participles	onend	geoond
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• lammeren

Middle English

Etymology 1

oon (“one”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix)

Verb

onen (third-person singular simple present oneth, present participle onende, first-/third-person singular past indicative onede, past participle ioned)

1. to unify; to join together
   • Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "The Parson's Tale",

     Þe godhede was oned fulli to þe manhede in þe soule of Ihesu.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. to gather together
3. (medicine) to coagulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of onen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) onen, one
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	one	oned
2nd-person singular	onest	onedest
3rd-person singular	oneth	oned
subjunctive singular	one
imperative singular		—
plural1	onen, one	oneden, onede
imperative plural	oneth, one	—
participles	onynge, onende	oned, yoned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Alternative forms

• oonen, anen, one

Descendants

• English: one
• Scots: ane

Etymology 2

Numeral

onen

1. (Kent) Alternative form of on