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