-он

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oh" and Appendix:Variations of "on"

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɔn]

Suffix

-он • (-on)

  1. the definite article "the" in its distal singular form, male gender.
    Човекон те гледа. ― Čovekon te gleda. ― That man (over there) is looking at you.

See also

  • Appendix:Macedonian articles

Mongolian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-он • (-on)

  1. rounded back vowel harmonic form of -ан (-an)

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈon]

Suffix

-о́н • (-ón)

  1. When added to verbs or other parts of speech, produces masculine nouns related in meaning to the original word.
    ‎вы́пить (výpitʹ, “to drink”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎выпиво́н (vypivón, “drinks, booze, party”) (familiar)
    ‎заки́нуть (zakínutʹ, “to throw”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎закидо́н (zakidón, “oddity, quirk”) (slang)
    ‎закуси́ть (zakusítʹ, “to bite”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎закусо́н (zakusón, “snack, bite (to eat)”) (slang)
  2. When added to nouns, produces stylistically reduced synonyms.
    ‎гра́фика (gráfika, “graphics, graphic art”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎графо́н (grafón, “computer graphics”) (computer slang)
    ‎му́зыка (múzyka, “music”) + ‎-о́н (-ón) → ‎музо́н (muzón, “music”) (youth slang)

Derived terms

Russian terms suffixed with -он
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