έτσι

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Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek οὕτως (hoútōs). There is a strengthened form οὑτωσῑ́ (houtōsī́) in Attic Greek. Middle forms include Byzantine Greek έτις (étis), possibly via the variants *έτω (*étō) or *έτωσι (*étōsi). Derivation from Latin etsi should be ruled out for semantic reasons.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈetsi/
  • Hyphenation: έτ‧σι

Adverb[edit]

έτσι (étsi)

  1. thus; like this; like that.
  2. (colloquial) for no reason or for no money

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

έτσι (étsin (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) (always with article) indicates a known person

References[edit]

  1. ^ έτσιΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.