έτσι

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek οὕτως (hoútōs). There is a strengthened form οὑτωσῑ́ (houtōsī́) in Attic Greek. Middle forms include Byzantine Greek έτις (étis), possibly via the variants *έτω (*étō) or *έτωσι (*étōsi). Derivation from Latin etsi should be ruled out for semantic reasons.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈetsi/
  • Hyphenation: έτ‧σι

Adverb

έτσι • (étsi)

  1. thus; like this; like that.
  2. (colloquial) for no reason or for no money

Derived terms
  • έτσι και (étsi kai, “if, as long as”)
  • έτσι και έτσι (étsi kai étsi), έτσι κέτσι (étsi kétsi, “so-so”)
  • είτε έτσι είτε αλλιώς (eíte étsi eíte alliós, “one way or another”)
  • έτσι κι αλλιώς (étsi ki alliós, “anyway”)
  • έτσι που λες! (étsi pou les!, “so you say!”)
  • όχι και έτσι (óchi kai étsi, “enough”)
  • έτσι δεν είναι; (étsi den eínai;, “Isn't that right?”)
  • ώστε έτσι; (óste étsi;, “is it?”)
  • έτσι το 'πα (étsi to 'pa, “that's how I said it!”)

Noun

έτσι • (étsi) n (indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) (always with article) indicates a known person

References
  1. έτσι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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