ón
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"
Hungarian
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Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *wolnɜ (“tin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ón (usually uncountable, plural ónok)
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)
Alternative forms
Related terms
Irish preposition contractions
| Basic form | Contracted with | Copular forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| an (“the sg”) | na (“the pl”) | mo (“my”) | do (“your”) | a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) | ár (“our”) | ar (“which (past)”) | (before consonant) | (present/future before vowel) | (past/conditional before vowel) | |
| de (“from”) | den | de na desna* |
de mo dem* |
de do ded*, det* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| do (“to, for”) | don | do na dosna* |
do mo dom* |
do do dod*, dot* |
dá | dár | dar | darb | darbh | |
| faoi (“under, about”) | faoin | faoi na | faoi mo | faoi do | faoina | faoinár | faoinar | faoinarb | faoinarbh | |
| i (“in”) | sa, san | sna | i mo im* |
i do id*, it* |
ina | inár | inar | inarb | inarbh | |
| le (“with”) | leis an | leis na | le mo lem* |
le do led*, let* |
lena | lenár | lenar | lenarb | lenarbh | |
| ó (“from, since”) | ón | ó na ósna* |
ó mo óm* |
ó do ód*, ót* |
óna | ónár | ónar | ónarb | ónarbh | |
| trí (“through”) | tríd an | trí na | trí mo | trí do | trína | trínár | trínar | trínarb | trínarbh | |
| *Dialectal. | ||||||||||
Preposition
ón
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.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ṡón, the lenited form of són.
Pronoun
ón
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.
Adverb
ón
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ón.
Etymology 2
Univerbation of úa (“from/of/by”) + in (“the”, dative singular)
Article
ón
- from/of/by the (dative singular)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
Noun
ón f (genitive ónae)
- 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:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ón (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
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