γιος

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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  • υιός m (yiós)in formal expressions

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʝos/ - compare to ιός (iós)
  • Hyphenation: γιος

Noun

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γιος (giosm (plural γιοι)

  1. son, male child

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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and see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Derived terms

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From the ancient υἱός (huiós, son, child)

References

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  1. ^ γιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language