-он

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔn]

Suffix

-он • (-on)

1. the definite article "the" in its distal singular form, male gender.

   Човекон те гледа. ― Čovekon te gleda. ― That man (over there) is looking at you.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋ/
• Syllabification: он (1 syllable)

Suffix

-он • (-on)

1. rounded back vowel harmonic form of -ан (-an)

Etymology

It has been formed as a suffix since the beginning of the 20th century from опрокидо́н (oprokidón), with simplification from опрокидо́нт (oprokidónt), from опроки́д(ывать) (oprokíd(yvatʹ)) + Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn). It is first found in the works of Nikolai Leskov, Anton Chekhov and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. In the future, words also appear related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages, for example, выпиво́н (vypivón) and закусо́н (zakusón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈon]

Suffix

-о́н • (-ón)

1. (colloquial) when added to verbs or other parts of speech, produces masculine nouns related in meaning to the original word.

   ‎вы́пить (výpitʹ, “to drink”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎выпиво́н (vypivón, “drinks, booze, party”) (familiar)

   ‎заки́нуть (zakínutʹ, “to throw”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎закидо́н (zakidón, “oddity, quirk”) (slang)

   ‎закуси́ть (zakusítʹ, “to bite”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎закусо́н (zakusón, “snack, bite (to eat)”) (slang)

2. (colloquial) when added to nouns, produces stylistically reduced synonyms.

   ‎гра́фика (gráfika, “graphics, graphic art”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎графо́н (grafón, “computer graphics”) (computer slang)

   ‎му́зыка (múzyka, “music”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎музо́н (muzón, “music”) (youth slang)