ony

See also: -ony and -öny

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈonɪ]

Pronoun

ony m inan pl or f pl

  1. they (third person personal nonvirile plural)

Declension
Declension of ony (pl-only pronoun)
plural
nominative ony
genitive jich, nich1
dative jim, nim1
accusative je, ně1
vocative —
locative nich1
instrumental jimi, nimi1

1After a preposition.

Czech personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person já my
2nd person familiar ty vy
polite vy
3rd person m on oni*
f ona ony
n ono ona
reflexive sebe, se (clitic)
* animate referents only, for inanimate ones ony is used.

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

Pronoun

ony

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

Further reading
  • ony in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ony in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ony in Internetová jazyková příručka

Malagasy

Noun

ony

  1. river

Middle English

Determiner

ony

  1. Alternative form of ani

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony.

Pronoun

ony f pl (third person)

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

Declension
Declension of the third-person pronouns (around AD 1300)
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative on ona ono
Genitive jeho, (j)ho, ň(e)ho jie, nie jeho, (j)ho, ň(e)ho
Dative jemu, (j)mu, ňemu jí, jiej, ní, niej jemu, (j)mu, ňemu
Accusative jej, jen, ji, jeho, (j)ho
-ň, ňej, ňen, ni, ň(e)ho		 ju, ňu je, ňe + later masculine
Locative ňem ní, niej ňem
Instrumental jím, ním jú, ňú jím, ním
Possessive jeho (je)jie, jejílater jeho
Dual Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ona oně
Genitive jú, ňú
Dative jima, nima
Accusative jě, ně ji, ni
Locative ňú
Instrumental jima, nima
Possessive (je)jú
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative oni ony ona
Genitive jich, nich
Dative jim, nim
Accusative jě, ně
Locative nich
Instrumental jimi, nimi
Possessive (je)jich

Descendants
  • Czech: ony

Pronoun

ony

  1. nominative/accusative feminine plural of onen

Polish

Etymology

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

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

Pronoun

ony (singular: onu)

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

Declension
Declension of ony
plural
nominative ony
genitive ich/nich
dative im
accusative ni
instrumental nimi
locative nich
vocative —

Further reading
  • ony in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ony in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • ony in zaimki.pl

Scots

Adverb

ony (not comparable)

  1. any

Determiner

ony

  1. any

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈoni]

Pronoun

ony

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

Further reading
  • ony in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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