оне

Russian

Alternative forms

• онѣ́ (oně́) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Pronoun

оне́ • (oné) f pl

1. (archaic, feminine) they
   • 1977-1979 [1831], Alexandre Pushkin, “Сказка о царе Салтане”, in Полное собрание сочинений: в 10 т., Ленинград: Наука; English poetic translation from Louis Zellikoff, transl., The Tale of the Golden Cockerel & The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Malysh Publishers, 1981:

     В кухне злится повариха,
     Плачет у станка ткачиха,
     И завидуют оне
     Государевой жене.

     [В ку́хне зли́тся повари́ха,
     Пла́чет у станка́ ткачи́ха,
     И зави́дуют оне́
     Госуда́ревой жене́.]

     V kúxne zlítsja povaríxa,
     Pláčet u stanká tkačíxa,
     I zavídujut oné
     Gosudárevoj žené.

     Bitterly, the weaver sighed,
     And the cook in passion cried,
     Full of jealousy and hate
     Of their sister's happy fate.

     (literally, “The cookeress is angry in the kitchen,
     The weaveress is crying at a loom,
     And they envy
     The sovereign's wife.”)

Usage notes

• In modern Russian они́ (oní, “they”) is used instead for all genders.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒne/
• Hyphenation: о‧не

Pronoun

о̀не (Latin spelling òne)

1. they (nominative plural of о̀на (“she”))

Declension