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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τίνι (tíni), dative singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with dative τινί (tiní, “to someone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtini/
- Hyphenation: τί‧νι
Pronoun
τίνι • (tíni) m (feminine τίνι, neuter τίνι) interrogative pronoun - plural: τίσι (tísi); / τίσιν (tísin);
- (in the singular) to whom/what? for whom/what? with whom/what? - In Ancient Greek:
- (archaic, rare, formal) Dative masculine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
- (archaic, rare, formal) Dative feminine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
- (archaic, rare, formal) Dative neuter singular form of τί (tí).; (monotonic: τι;)
Usage notes
- Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.
Synonyms
Standard Modern Greek:
- masculine: σε ποιον; (se poion;, “to whom?”), για ποιον; (gia poion;, “for whom?”), με ποιον; (me poion;, “with/by whom?”)
- feminine: σε ποιαν; (se poian;, “to whom?”), για ποιαν; (gia poian;, “for whom?”), με ποιαν; (me poian;, “with/by whom?”)
- neuter: σε ποιο; (se poio;, “to what?”), για ποιο; (gia poio;, “for what?”), με ποιο; (me poio;, “with/by what?”)
Formal set phrases