ony

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈonɪ]

ony m inan pl or f pl

1. they (third person personal nonvirile plural)

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

ony

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

• “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)

ony

1. river

ony

1. Alternative form of ani
   • 1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 35, recto, lines 10–11:

     Now is þ[er] ony ſeyde Marlyon that ye love more than a noþ[er] ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ony.

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

ony f pl (third person)

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

• Czech: ony

ony

1. nominative/accusative feminine plural of onen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.nɘ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɘ
• Syllabification: o‧ny

ony (singular: onu)

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

• ony in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• ony in zaimki.pl

ony (not comparable)

1. any

ony

1. any

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔni]

ony

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

• “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