ποιος

See also: ποιός and ποῖος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronoun

ποιος • (poios) m (feminine ποια, neuter ποιο)  interrogative

  1. who
    Ποιος είναι ο επισκέπτης ― Poios eínai o episképtis ― Who is the caller?
    Ποιος ― Poios ― Who's that?, Who's there?, Who is it?
  2. which
    Ποιο βιβλίο θέλεις ― Poio vivlío théleis ― Which book do you want?
  3. (in accusative case) who, whom
    Σε ποιον το έδωσες ― Se poion to édoses ― To whom did you give it?
  4. (in genitive case) whose
    Ποιανού είναι η πετσέτα ― Poianoú eínai i petséta ― Whose is the towel?

Declension
declension of   'ποιος'
m·s f·s n·s m·p f·p n·p
nominative ποιος ποια ποιο ποιοι ποιες ποια
genitive ποιου, ποιανού ποιας, ποιανής ποιου, ποιανού ποιων, ποιανών ποιων, ποιανών ποιων, ποιανών
accusative ποιον ποια, ποιαν ποιο ποιους, ποιανούς ποιες ποια
vocative — — — — — —
The alternative forms are usually pronouns, used for people and not things.
ποιαν (poian) should be used before vowels and the consonants: κ, ξ, π, τ, ψ, γκ, ντ, μπ.

See also
  • που (pou) for the relative form of who:
    Ο Άνθρωπος που Γνώριζε Πολλά. (“The Man Who Knew Too Much.”)
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