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 εδώaftó edóthis one (literally, “this here”)
    αυτό θελώ.aftó theló.I want this.
  3. (demonstrative pronoun) that
    αυτό εκείaftó ekeíthat 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)

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