Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

  • υιός m (yiós) (in formal expressions)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Byzantine Greek γιός (giós) < ὑγιός (hugiós) with deletion of the unstressed vowel, from Ancient Greek υἱός (huiós, son, child) (see its Koine pronunciation), from earlier υἱύς (huiús), from Proto-Indo-European *suHyús.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝos/ - compare to ιός (iós)
  • Hyphenation: γιος

Noun edit

γιος (giosm (plural γιοι)

  1. son, a male child

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

and see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary/Family

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

From the ancient υἱός (huiós, son, child)

References edit

  1. ^ γιοςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.