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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.los/
- Hyphenation: άλ‧λος
Pronoun
άλλος • (állos) m (feminine άλλη, neuter άλλο) indefinite, contrastive
- other
Τρώω τα μήλα, τα άλλα φρούτα δεν τα τρώω.- Tróo ta míla, ta álla froúta den ta tróo.
- I eat apples, I don't like other fruit.
- else
Θέλετε κάτι άλλο;- Thélete káti állo;
- Do you want anything else?
- someone else
Όχι, αυτός που ήρθε ήταν άλλος.- Óchi, aftós pou írthe ítan állos.
- No, the one who came was someone else.
- more
- άλλη μια φορά ― álli mia forá ― one more time, another time
- τιποτ’ άλλο; ― tipot’ állo; ― any more?
- next
- ο άλλος κόσμος ― o állos kósmos ― the next world
- την άλλη Παρασκευή ― tin álli Paraskeví ― next Friday
- (without article) dissimilar, different
- άλλος κόσμος ― állos kósmos ― a different world
Declension
Notes: There are alternative irregular, oxytone genitive forms (as well as a rarer accusative): αλλουνού (allounoú), αλληνής (allinís), αλλωνών (allonón), αλλουνούς (allounoús)
Derived terms
- άλλος κόσμος m (állos kósmos, “the next world”)
- κ.ά. (k.á., “et al.”)
- και άλλα n or pl (kai álla, “and others”)
- και άλλοι m or f or pl (kai álloi, “and others”)
- see: αλλαγή f (allagí, “change”)
References