έτσι
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adverb
[edit]έτσι • (étsi)
- thus; like this; like that.
- (colloquial) for no reason or for no money
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
[edit]έτσι • (étsi) n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) (always with article) indicates a known person
References
[edit]- ^ έτσι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language