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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τίνος (tínos), genitive singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with genitive τινός (tinós, “of/about someone”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
τίνος • (tínos) m (feminine τίνος, neuter τίνος) interrogative pronoun - plural: τίνων (tínon);
- (in the singular) whose? As in Ancient Greek:
- (formal, archaic) Genitive masculine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
- (formal, archaic) Genitive feminine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
- (formal, archaic) Genitive 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
- ποιου (poiou) (masculine and neuter)
- ποιανού (poianoú) (masculine and neuter, colloquial)
- ποιας (poias) (feminine)
- ποιανής (poianís) (feminine, colloquial)