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
- this (masculine singular, nominative)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | αυτός (aftós) | αυτή (aftí) | αυτό (aftó) | αυτοί (aftoí) | αυτές (aftés) | αυτά (aftá) | |
| genitive | αυτού (aftoú) | αυτής (aftís) | αυτού (aftoú) | αυτών (aftón) | αυτών (aftón) | αυτών (aftón) | |
| accusative | αυτό (aftó) | αυτή (aftí) | αυτό (aftó) | αυτούς (aftoús) | αυτές (aftés) | αυτά (aftá) | |
| vocative | αυτέ (afté) | αυτή (aftí) | αυτό (aftó) | αυτοί (aftoí) | αυτές (aftés) | αυτά (aftá) | |
Synonyms
- τούτος (toútos, “this, this one”) (more formal)
Pronoun
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
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There is no 3rd person vocative case.
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.
‡ τις (tis) is used before a verb, τες (tes) 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
- αυτός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language