онез

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈnɛs]

Pronoun

оне́з • (onéz) pl (demonstrative)

1. (regional, nonstandard or poetic) Alternative form of онези (onezi)

   Познаваш ли онез хора?

   Poznavaš li onez hora?

   Do you know those people?

Usage notes

Онез (Onez) and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз (toz), таз (taz), туй (tuj), тез (tez), оназ (onaz), онуй (onuj)) are used in the Eastern Bulgarian dialects and are not considered standard. They can also be found in poetry (see quotations) where the number of syllables is important and these pronouns are one syllable shorter than their corresponding standard forms.

Quotations

• 1881, Ivan Vazov, Levski (Epic of the Forgotten):

  […] и да кажа тайно две-три думи нови
  на онез, що влачат тежките окови.

  […] i da kaža tajno dve-tri dumi novi
  na onez, što vlačat težkite okovi.

  To speak new words, bear a secret message
  To those who are dragging their grievous fetters.

Related terms

Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns

		Personal		Qualitative	Quantative
		Proximal	Distal
Masculine	Nominative	то́зи (tózi) тоз (toz) то́я (tója)	о́нзи (ónzi) о́ня (ónja)	такъ́в (takǎ́v) онакъ́в (onakǎ́v) и́накъв (ínakǎv)	то́лкова (tólkova) то́лкоз (tólkoz)
	Accusative	того́зи (togózi) того́з (togóz) того́ва (togóva)	оного́зи (onogózi) оного́з (onogóz) оного́ва (onogóva)
	Dative	тому́ва (tomúva)	оному́ва (onomúva)
Feminine	—	та́зи (tázi) таз (taz) та́я (tája)	она́зи (onázi) она́з (onáz) она́я (onája)	така́ва (takáva) онака́ва (onakáva) и́наква (ínakva)
Neuter	—	това́ (tová) туй (tuj)	онова́ (onová) ону́й (onúj)	тако́ва (takóva) онако́ва (onakóva) и́накво (ínakvo)
Plural	—	те́зи (tézi) тез (tez) ти́я (tíja)	оне́зи (onézi) оне́з (onéz) они́я (oníja)	таки́ва (takíva) онаки́ва (onakíva) и́накви (ínakvi)