αυτός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós).

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

Determiner

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

  1. this (masculine singular, nominative)

Declension
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

Pronoun

αυτός • (aftós)

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

Declension
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)
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