See also: -ony and -öny

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech ony, from Proto-Slavic *ony. Cognate to Polish one.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ony m inan pl or f pl

  1. they (third person personal nonvirile plural)

Declension

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  • (masculine animate plural): oni
  • (neuter plural): ona

Pronoun

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ony

  1. inflection of onen:
    1. accusative animate masculine plural
    2. nominative/accusative inanimate masculine plural
    3. nominative/accusative feminine plural

Further reading

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  • ony”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • ony”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • ony”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Malagasy

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Noun

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ony

  1. river

Middle English

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Determiner

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ony

  1. Alternative form of ani

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony.

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Pronoun

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ony f pl (third person)

  1. they (feminine plural)
  2. (later) they (masculine inanimate plural)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: ony

Pronoun

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ony

  1. nominative/accusative feminine plural of onen

Polish

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Etymology

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Coined in 2004 by science fiction and fantasy writer Jacek Dukaj, in his book titled Perfect Imperfection. Comparable to Polish oni.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.nɨ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɨ
  • Syllabification: o‧ny

Pronoun

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ony (singular: onu)

  1. they (nonstandard, third-person plural nominative, non-binary pronoun)

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Scots

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Adverb

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ony (not comparable)

  1. any

Determiner

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ony

  1. any

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ony

  1. they (third person plural, personal, f and n)
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Further reading

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  • ony”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024