γιος
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- υιός m (yiós) — in formal expressions
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek γιός (giós) < ὑγιός (hugiós) with deletion of the unstressed vowel, from Ancient Greek υἱός (huiós, “son, child”) (see its Koine pronunciation).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- son, male child
Declension
[edit]Declension of γιος
Coordinate terms
[edit]- and see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family
Derived terms
[edit]- ακριβογιός m (akrivogiós, “only son, much loved son”)
- μοναχογιός m (monachogiós, “only son”)
- παραγιός m (paragiós, “young male apprentice”)
- ψυχογιός m (psychogiós, “stepson”)
Related terms
[edit]From the ancient υἱός (huiós, “son, child”)
- υιοθετώ (yiothetó, “to adopt”)
- υιοθεσία f (yiothesía, “adoption”)
- υιοθέτηση f (yiothétisi, “adoption”)
- υιικός m (yiikós, “filial”)
- άσωτος υιός m (ásotos yiós, “prodigal son”)
References
[edit]- ^ γιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Categories:
- Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος'
- el:Family
- el:Male family members