αυτός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈftos/
  • Hyphenation: αυ‧τός

Pronoun

αυτός • (aftós) m (feminine αυτή, neuter αυτό)  a demonstrative determiner

  1. this (masculine singular, nominative)

Declension

Synonyms

Pronoun

αυτός • (aftós)

  1. (personal pronoun) he (3rd person masculine singular, nominative)
  2. (demonstrative pronoun) this
    αυτό εδώ ― aftó edó ― this one (literally, “this here”)
    αυτό θελώ. ― aftó theló. ― I want this.
  3. (demonstrative pronoun) that
    αυτό εκεί ― aftó ekeí ― that one (literally, “that there”)

Declension

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

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