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Greek
- κείνος (keínos) (chiefly verbal)
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos), from Proto-Hellenic *ékeyenos, from ἐ- (e-, “augment”) + *ḱe (“deictic particle”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈci.nos/
- Hyphenation: ε‧κεί‧νος
Pronoun
εκείνος • (ekeínos) m demonstrative
- (in the singular) that
—Δώσε μου εκείνη την εφημερίδα. —Ποια; —Εκείνη που είναι πάνω στο τραπέζι. Γιατί ετούτη που διαβάζω δε γράφει τίποτα ενδιαφέρον.- —Dóse mou ekeíni tin efimerída. —Poia? —Ekeíni pou eínai páno sto trapézi. Giatí etoúti pou diavázo de gráfei típota endiaféron.
- —Give me that newspaper. —Which one? —The one (That one) which is on the table. Because the one (this one) which I am reading has (writes) nothing interesting.
- (in the plural) those
Θέλω εκείνα τα βιβλία που είναι στο τελευταίο ράφι.- Thélo ekeína ta vivlía pou eínai sto teleftaío ráfi.
- I want those books which are at the last shelf.
Declension