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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
- who
Ποιος είναι ο επισκέπτης;- Poios eínai o episképtis?
- Who is the caller?
Ποιος;- Poios;
- Who's that?, Who's there?, Who is it?
- which
Ποιο βιβλίο θέλεις;- Poio vivlío théleis?
- Which book do you want?
- (in accusative case) who, whom
Σε ποιον το έδωσες;- Se poion to édoses?
- To whom did you give it?
- (in genitive case) whose
Ποιανού είναι η πετσέτα;- Poianoú eínai i petséta?
- Whose is the towel?
Declension
declension of 'ποιος'
number case \ gender
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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nominative
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ποιος •
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ποια •
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ποιο •
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ποιοι •
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ποιες •
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ποια •
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genitive
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ποιου •, ποιανού •
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ποιας •, ποιανής •
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ποιου •, ποιανού •
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ποιων •, ποιανών •
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ποιων •, ποιανών •
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ποιων •, ποιανών •
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accusative
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ποιον •
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ποια •, ποιαν •
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ποιο •
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ποιους •, ποιανούς •
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ποιες •
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ποια •
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vocative
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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.
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Descendants
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