του
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek τοῦ (toû).
Article
[edit]του • (tou) m sg or n sg
- (definite) genitive masculine singular of ο (o) (the)
- (definite) genitive neuter singular of ο (o) (the)
Declension
[edit] The definite article
number | singular | plural | ||||
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gender | m | f | n | m | f | n |
nominative | ο | η | το | οι | οι | τα |
genitive | του | της | του | των | των | των |
accusative | το(ν)* | τη(ν)* | το | τους | τις | τα |
* The final "ν" is preserved before vowels, and the plosive/affricate consonants: κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ 1. Archaic forms used in certain fixed phrases: |
Pronoun
[edit]του • (tou) (weak genitive and possessive form)
- (personal, indirect object, masculine and neuter) him, it
- Του είπα την αλήθεια.
- Tou eípa tin alítheia.
- I told him the truth.
- Του έδωσε νερό.
- Tou édose neró.
- He gave it water.
- (possessive) his, its
- Το όνομά του είναι Μιχάλης.
- To ónomá tou eínai Michális.
- His name is Michael.
Declension
[edit] Third person forms
Number (style) | singular (familiar) | plural (formal) | ||||||||||
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strong | weak | strong | weak | |||||||||
m | f | n | m | f | n | m | f | n | m | f | n | |
nominative | αυτός • | αυτή • | αυτό • | τος • | τη • | το • | αυτοί • | αυτές • | αυτά • | τοι • | τες • | τα • |
genitive | αυτού • | αυτής • | αυτού • | του • † | της • † | του • † | αυτών • | αυτών • | αυτών • | τους • † | τους • † | τους • † |
accusative | αυτόν • | αυτήν • | αυτό • | τον • | την • | το • | αυτούς • | αυτές • | αυτά • | τους • | τις •, τες •‡ | τα • |
There is no 3rd person vocative case. † These terms double as possessive pronouns. ‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb.. All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”). |
Synonyms
[edit]- (personal): αυτού (aftoú) (strong form)