εγγονός

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Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ἔγγονος (éngonos), with shift of the tone from proparoxytone to oxytone.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

εγγονός • (engonós) m (plural εγγονοί, feminine εγγονή)

  1. grandson

Declension

Declension of εγγονός
singular plural
nominative εγγονός (engonós) εγγονοί (engonoí)
genitive εγγονού (engonoú) εγγονών (engonón)
accusative εγγονό (engonó) εγγονούς (engonoús)
vocative εγγονέ (engoné) εγγονοί (engonoí)

Coordinate terms

see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

References

  1. ^ εγγονός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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