оназ

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [oˈnas]

Pronoun

она́з • (onáz) f (demonstrative)

(regional, nonstandard or poetic) alternative form of онази (onazi) (the feminine singular of онзи (onzi)); that, that one, the one, she
Познаваш ли оназ жена?
Poznavaš li onaz žena?
Do you know that woman?

Usage notes

Оназ (Onaz) and the other shortened demonstrative pronouns (тоз (toz), таз (taz), туй (tuj), тез (tez), онуй (onuj), онез (onez)) 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

1903, Penčo Slavejkov, “Ralica”, Misal (magazine):
Като оназ вечерница в небото,
една бе в село Ралица девойка
Kato onaz večernica v neboto,
edna be v selo Ralica devojka
Like that evening star in the sky,
the girl Ralitsa was unique in the village

Related terms

Bulgarian demonstrative pronouns

		Personal		Qualitative	Quantative
		Proximal	Distal	Qualitative	Quantative
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)