она

See also: оня and -оња

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

она

1. Cyrillic spelling of ona

Macedonian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔna]

Pronoun

она • (ona)

1. neuter singular of оној (onoj)

Pronoun

• (Bitola) IPA^(key): /ˈɒnɐ/

она • (ona)

1. (regional, Bitola) feminine singular of онај (onaj)

Usage notes

• Forms a minimal pair with its neuter form: neuter /ˈo̞nɐ/ vs. feminine /ˈɒnɐ/. This is not indicated when the Bitola dialect is written out by its speakers; instead, context is used to ascertain what is meant.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔna]

Pronoun

она • (ona)

1. (dialectal) she

   Synonym: (standard) таа (taa)

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronoun

она • (ona)

1. she
2. nominative singular feminine of онъ (onŭ)
3. nominative/accusative dual masculine of онъ (onŭ)
4. nominative/accusative plural neuter of онъ (onŭ)

Declension

Declension of онъ

Singular	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	онъ onŭ	оно ono	она ona
Accusative	онъ onŭ	оно ono	онѫ onǫ
Genitive	оного onogo	оного onogo	оноѩ onoję
Locative	ономь onomĭ	ономь onomĭ	онои onoi
Dative	ономоу onomu	ономоу onomu	онои onoi
Instrumental	онѣмь oněmĭ	онѣмь oněmĭ	оноѭ onojǫ

Dual	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	она ona	онѣ oně	онѣ oně
Accusative	она ona	онѣ oně	онѣ oně
Genitive	оною onoju	оною onoju	оною onoju
Locative	оною onoju	оною onoju	оною onoju
Dative	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma
Instrumental	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma	онѣма oněma

Plural	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	они oni	она ona	онꙑ ony
Accusative	онꙑ ony	она ona	онꙑ ony
Genitive	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ
Locative	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ	онѣхъ oněxŭ
Dative	онѣмъ oněmŭ	онѣмъ oněmŭ	онѣмъ oněmŭ
Instrumental	онѣми oněmi	онѣми oněmi	онѣми oněmi

See also

• ѭ (jǫ)
• та (ta)

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈna]

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• Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

она́ • (oná) (masculine counterpart он, neuter counterpart оно́)

1. she, it (third-person feminine singular pronoun)

   Её нет до́ма (genitive) ― Jejó net dóma ― She’s not home.

   Ей не спи́тся. (dative) ― Jej ne spítsja. ― She is unable to sleep.

   Я ви́жу её. (accusative) ― Ja vížu jejó. ― I see her.

   За не́ю пять рубле́й. (instrumental) ― Za néju pjatʹ rubléj. ― She owes five rubles.

   Он э́то при ней сказа́л. (prepositional) ― On éto pri nej skazál. ― He said it in her presence.

Usage notes

• Whenever a preposition stands immediately before any of the oblique cases of the third-person pronoun (singular or plural) and directly governs it, then an н- (n-) is prefixed to the pronoun: от неё (ot nejó, “from her”); на ней (na nej, “on her”); у неё (u nejó, “she has”); к ней (k nej, “to her”); с не́ю (s néju, “with her”).
• This comes from Proto-Slavic prepositions such as *sъ(n) (“with”) (compare Ancient Greek σύν (sún) and Latin cum), that originally ended in *-n and governed oblique cases. Since the prepositions and the pronouns occurred together so often, it was easy to lose track of which word the final *-n belonged to, and so it was reinterpreted as part of the pronouns; compare Old English an, which was reinterpreted in the same way. Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) *jьmi became modern Russian с ни́ми (s ními), and this rule was extended to all prepositions governing any third-person pronoun.
• Note that if the preposition does not directly govern её (jejó) (i.e., when её (jejó) is a possessive pronoun), then н- (n-) is not added: у её бра́та (u jejó bráta, “at her brother’s”); о её ма́тери (o jejó máteri, “about her mother”); в её ко́мнате (v jejó kómnate, “in her room”).
• When there is another word separating a preposition and any oblique case of она́ (oná), then н- (n-) is not added: у само́й её (u samój jejó, “with her herself”).

Declension

Declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural				reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ты (ty)	он (on)	оно́ (onó)	она́ (oná)		мы (my)	вы (vy)	они́ 1 (oní)		—
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó)		её 4, неё 3 4 (jejó, nejó)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них 3 (ix, nix)		себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	ему́, нему́ 3 (jemú, nemú)		ей, ней 3 (jej, nej)		нам (nam)	вам (vam)	им, ним 3 (im, nim)		себе́ (sebé)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 2, него́ 2 3 (jevó, nevó)		её, неё 3 (jejó, nejó)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	их, них 3 (ix, nix)		себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю 5 (mnoj, mnóju)	тобо́й, тобо́ю 5 (tobój, tobóju)	им, ним 3 (im, nim)		ей, ней 3, е́ю 5, не́ю 3 5 (jej, nej, jéju, néju)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми 3 (ími, ními)		собо́й, собо́ю 5 (sobój, sobóju)
prepositional 6	мне (mne)	тебе́ (tebé)	нём 3 (njom)		ней 3 (nej)		нас (nas)	вас (vas)	них 3 (nix)		себе́ (sebé)

1. Archaic feminine form: оне́ (oné).
2. The letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
3. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
4. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
5. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
6. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.

Pre-1918 declension of Russian personal pronouns

	singular						plural					reflexive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person				1st person	2nd person	3rd person
			m	n	f				m / n	f
nominative	я (ja)	ты (ty)	онъ (on)	оно́ (onó)	она́ (oná)		мы (my)	вы (vy)	они́ (oní)	онѣ́ (oně́)		—
genitive	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		ея́ 3, нея́ 2 3 (jejá, nejá)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
dative	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	ему́, нему́ 2 (jemú, nemú)		ей, ней 2 (jej, nej)		намъ (nam)	вамъ (vam)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)			себѣ́ (sebě́)
accusative	меня́ (menjá)	тебя́ (tebjá)	его́ 1, него́ 1 2 (jevó, nevó)		её, неё 2 (jejó, nejó)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	ихъ, нихъ 2 (ix, nix)			себя́ (sebjá)
instrumental	мной, мно́ю 4 (mnoj, mnóju)	тобо́й, тобо́ю 4 (tobój, tobóju)	имъ, нимъ 2 (im, nim)		ей, ней 2, е́ю 4, не́ю 2 4 (jej, nej, jéju, néju)		на́ми (námi)	ва́ми (vámi)	и́ми, ни́ми 2 (ími, ními)			собо́й, собо́ю 4 (sobój, sobóju)
prepositional5	мнѣ (mně)	тебѣ́ (tebě́)	нёмъ 2 (njom)		ней 2 (nej)		насъ (nas)	васъ (vas)	нихъ 2 (nix)			себѣ́ (sebě́)

1. Letter г (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as /v/.
2. The alternative forms starting with н- (n-) are used after a preposition.
3. Archaic forms: ея́ (jejá), нея́ (nejá).
4. Instrumental forms ending in -ю (-ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal.
5. The prepositional case is never used without a preposition.

Related terms

• её (jejó)
• свой (svoj)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈonə]

Determiner

о́на • (óna)

1. short feminine singular of о́ный (ónyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ona, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒna/
• Hyphenation: о‧на

Pronoun

о̀на (Latin spelling òna)

1. she
2. they (nominative plural of о̀но (“it”))

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	о̑н	о̀на	о̀но	о̀ни	о̀не	о̀на
genitive	ње̏га, га	ње̑, је	ње̏га, га	њи̑х, их	њи̑х, их	њи̑х, их
dative	ње̏му, му	њо̑ј, јој	ње̏му, му	њи̏ма, им	њи̏ма, им	њи̏ма, им
accusative	ње̏га, га, њ	њу̑, ју, је, њу	ње̏га, га, њ	њи̑х, их	њи̑х, их	њи̑х, их
vocative	—	—	—	—	—	—
locative	ње̏м, ње̏му	њо̑ј	ње̏м, ње̏му	њи̏ма	њи̏ма	њи̏ма
instrumental	њи̑м, њи́ме	њо̑м, њо́ме	њи̑м, њи́ме	њи̏ма	њи̏ма	њи̏ма