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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Determiner
онај • (onaj)
- nonstandard form of оној (onoj)
Pronoun
онај • (onaj)
- nonstandard form of оној (onoj)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *onъ + *jь. Akin to tȃj and о̀ва̄ј.
Pronoun
о̀на̄ј (Latin spelling ònāj)
- that one (distal, farther away than denoted by та̑ј)
- онај чов(ј)ек ― that man
- пратите онај такси! ― follow that cab!
- (with an adjective) the (one)
- гд(ј)е је онај други? ― where is the other guy?
- онај с пушком? ― the one with the rifle?
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- на овај или онај начин ― one way or the other
- ово и оно ― this and that
- кад оно ― and then after everything
Declension
Declension of онај
| singular
|
masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
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| nominative
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о̀на̄ј
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о̀на̄
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о̀но̄
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| genitive
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о̀но̄г(а)
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о̀не̄
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о̀но̄г(а)
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| dative
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о̀но̄м(у/е)
|
о̀но̄ј
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о̀но̄м(у/е)
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| accusative
|
inanimate
animate
|
о̀на̄ј
о̀но̄г(а)
|
о̀нӯ
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о̀но̄
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| vocative
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-
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-
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-
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| locative
|
о̀но̄м(е/у)
|
о̀но̄ј
|
о̀но̄м(е/у)
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| instrumental
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о̀нӣм(е)
|
о̀но̄м
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о̀нӣм(е)
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|
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| plural
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masculine
|
feminine
|
neuter
|
| nominative
|
о̀нӣ
|
о̀не̄
|
о̀на̄
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| genitive
|
о̀нӣх
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о̀нӣх
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о̀нӣх
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| dative
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о̀нӣм
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о̀нӣм
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о̀нӣм
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| accusative
|
о̀не̄
|
о̀не̄
|
о̀на̄
|
| vocative
|
-
|
-
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-
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| locative
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о̀нӣм
|
о̀нӣм
|
о̀нӣм
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| instrumental
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о̀нӣм
|
о̀нӣм
|
о̀нӣм
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References
- “онај”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025