γιος

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mediaeval Byzantine Greek γιός < ὑγιός (hugiós) with deletion of the unstressed vowel, from Ancient Greek υἱός (huiós, son, child) (see its Hellenistic pronunciation).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝos/ (compare to ιός (iós))
  • Hyphenation: γιος

Noun

γιος (giosm (plural γιοι)

  1. son, a male child

Declension

Coordinate terms

and see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Derived terms

From the ancient υἱός (huiós, son, child)

References

  1. ^ γιος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998