ón

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Hungarian

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Chemical element
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Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *wolnɜ (tin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

ón (usually uncountable, plural ónok)

  1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ón ónok
accusative ónt ónokat
dative ónnak ónoknak
instrumental ónnal ónokkal
causal-final ónért ónokért
translative ónná ónokká
terminative ónig ónokig
essive-formal ónként ónokként
essive-modal
inessive ónban ónokban
superessive ónon ónokon
adessive ónnál ónoknál
illative ónba ónokba
sublative ónra ónokra
allative ónhoz ónokhoz
elative ónból ónokból
delative ónról ónokról
ablative óntól ónoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
óné ónoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ónéi ónokéi
Possessive forms of ón
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ónom ónjaim
2nd person sing. ónod ónjaid
3rd person sing. ónja ónjai
1st person plural ónunk ónjaink
2nd person plural ónotok ónjaitok
3rd person plural ónjuk ónjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • ón in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

Contraction

ón (triggers eclipsis or lenition depending on dialect)

  1. Contraction of ó + an: (from the).
    ón abhainnfrom the river

Alternative forms

Related terms

Preposition

ón

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ó (from, since)

Usage notes

This form is found only before bhur (your pl) and is not part of the standard written language. In older texts, ón bhur may also be spelled ó nbhur.

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: ón

Pronoun

ón m pers

  1. he (for animate nouns), it (for inanimate nouns)

Pronoun

ón

  1. (demonstrative) this

Pronoun

ón (indeclinable)

  1. (adverbial) there, over there

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “on”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 5, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 150

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From ṡón, the lenited form of són.

Pronoun

ón

  1. clitic form of sodain

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.

Adverb

ón

  1. so, thus; often not to be translated

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of úa (from/of/by) +‎ in (the, dative singular)

Article

ón

  1. from/of/by the (dative singular)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

ón f (genitive ónae)

  1. verbal noun of oidid: loan, lending
Usage notes

Often used to contrast with airlicud, with the implication that while an airlicud charges interest, an ón is interest-free.

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ónL
Vocative ónL
Accusative óinN
Genitive ónaeH
Dative óinL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ón unchanged n-ón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Noun

ón f

  1. hope, expectation

Declension