θείος
Appearance
Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Compare to θειος (theios).
Noun
[edit]θείος • (theíos) m (plural θείοι, feminine θεία)
- uncle (a parent’s brother or parent's brother-in-law)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | θείος (theíos) | θείοι (theíoi) |
genitive | θείου (theíou) | θείων (theíon) |
accusative | θείο (theío) | θείους (theíous) |
vocative | θείε (theíe) | θείοι (theíoi) |
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos), from θεός (theós, “god”).
Adjective
[edit]θείος • (theíos) m (feminine θεία, neuter θείο)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | θείος (theíos) | θεία (theía) | θείο (theío) | θείοι (theíoi) | θείες (theíes) | θεία (theía) | |
genitive | θείου (theíou) | θείας (theías) | θείου (theíou) | θείων (theíon) | θείων (theíon) | θείων (theíon) | |
accusative | θείο (theío) | θεία (theía) | θείο (theío) | θείους (theíous) | θείες (theíes) | θεία (theía) | |
vocative | θείε (theíe) | θεία (theía) | θείο (theío) | θείοι (theíoi) | θείες (theíes) | θεία (theía) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο θείος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο θείος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο θειότερος", etc)
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Further reading
[edit]- θείος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος'
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ος-α-ο
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- el:Male family members