αυτός
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]αυτός • (aftós) m (feminine αυτή, neuter αυτό) a demonstrative determiner
- this (masculine singular, nominative)
Declension
[edit]declension of 'αυτός'
m·s | f·s | n·s | m·p | f·p | n·p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | αυτός | αυτή | αυτό | αυτοί | αυτές | αυτά |
genitive | αυτού | αυτής | αυτού | αυτών | αυτών | αυτών |
accusative | αυτό | αυτή | αυτό | αυτούς | αυτές | αυτά |
vocative | αυτέ | αυτή | αυτό | αυτοί | αυτές | αυτά |
When a vowel follows the masculine and feminine accusative singular forms, they often have a 'ν' added: αυτόν, αυτήν |
Synonyms
[edit]- τούτος (toútos, “this, this one”) (more formal)
Pronoun
[edit]αυτός • (aftós)
- (personal pronoun) he (3rd person masculine singular, nominative)
- (demonstrative pronoun) this
- αυτό εδώ ― aftó edó ― this one (literally, “this here”)
- αυτό θελώ. ― aftó theló. ― I want this.
- (demonstrative pronoun) that
- αυτό εκεί ― aftó ekeí ― that one (literally, “that there”)
Declension
[edit] Third person forms
Number (style) | singular (familiar) | plural (formal) | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
strong | weak | strong | weak | |||||||||
m | f | n | m | f | n | m | f | n | m | f | n | |
nominative | αυτός • | αυτή • | αυτό • | τος • | τη • | το • | αυτοί • | αυτές • | αυτά • | τοι • | τες • | τα • |
genitive | αυτού • | αυτής • | αυτού • | του • † | της • † | του • † | αυτών • | αυτών • | αυτών • | τους • † | τους • † | τους • † |
accusative | αυτόν • | αυτήν • | αυτό • | τον • | την • | το • | αυτούς • | αυτές • | αυτά • | τους • | τις •, τες •‡ | τα • |
There is no 3rd person vocative case. † These terms double as possessive pronouns. ‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb.. All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”). |
Colloquial variants of strong forms (familiar, sometimes pejorative):
- Genitive singular: masculine & neuter: αυτουνού (aftounoú), feminine: αυτηνής (aftinís)
- Genitive plural, all genders: αυτωνών (aftonón)
- and the vernacular accusative plural for the masculine: αυτουνούς (aftounoús)
Further reading
[edit]- αυτός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language