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Definition 2024
ποιος
ποιος
Greek
Pronoun
ποιος • (poios) m (interrogative)
- who
- Ποιος είναι ο επισκέπτης; (Who is the caller?)
- Ποιος; (Who's that?, Who's there?, Who is it?)
- which
- Ποιο βιβλίο θέλεις; (Which book do you want?)
- (in accusative case) who, whom
- Σε ποιον το έδωσες; (To whom did you give it?)
- (in genitive case) whose
- Ποιανού είναι η πετσέτα; (Whose is the towel?)
Declension
declension of 'ποιος'
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | ποιος | ποια | ποιο | ποιοι | ποιες | ποια |
genitive | ποιου, ποιανού | ποιας, ποιανής | ποιου, ποιανού | ποιων, ποιανών | ποιων, ποιανών | ποιων, ποιανών |
accusative | ποιον | ποια, ποιαν | ποιο | ποιους, ποιανούς | ποιες | ποια |
vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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. |
See also
- που (pou) for the relative form of who:
- Ο Άνθρωπος που Γνώριζε Πολλά. (“The Man Who Knew Too Much.”)