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]
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ony m inan pl or f pl

  1. they (third person personal nonvirile plural)

Declension

Czech personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person my
2nd person familiar ty vy
polite vy
3rd person m on oni1
f ona ony
n ono ona
reflexive sebe, se (clitic)

1 animate referents only, for inanimate ones 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

Malagasy

Noun

ony

  1. river

Middle English

Determiner

ony

  1. alternative form of ani

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈonɨ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈoni/

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 , jiej, , niej jemu, (j)mu, ňemu
accusative jej, jen, ji, jeho, (j)ho
, ňej, ňen, ni, ň(e)ho
ju, ňu je, ňe + later masculine
locative ňem , niej ňem
instrumental jím, ním , ňú jím, ním
possessive jeho (je)jie, jejílater jeho
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative ona oně
genitive , ňú
dative jima, nima
accusative , 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 ,
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.nɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɘ
  • Syllabification: o‧ny

Pronoun

ony (singular: onu)

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

Declension

Further reading

Scots

Adverb

ony (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of onie

Determiner

ony

  1. alternative form of onie

References

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔni]

Pronoun

ony

  1. masculine/feminine/neuter nominative plural of on (they)

Declension

Slovak personal pronouns
substantive possessive
singular plural singular plural
1st person ja my môj náš
2nd person familiar ty vy tvoj váš
polite vy váš
3rd person m on oni* / ony jeho ich
f ona jej
n ono jeho
reflexive seba, sa (clitic) svoj

* masculine animate only, ony otherwise

Further reading

  • 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, 2003–2025