ποιος

See also: ποιός and ποῖος

Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpços/
  • Hyphenation: ποιος

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'
number 
case   \   gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
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.

Descendants
  • →⇒ Turkish: aftospiyos, kıtıpiyos

See also
  • που (pou) for the relative form of who:
    Ο άνθρωπος που γνώριζε πολλά ― O ánthropos pou gnórize pollá ― The Man Who Knew Too Much
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