τες

Greek edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from the medieval article τὲς (feminine accusative plural), from Ancient Greek τάς (tás). It survives as weak pronoun form in Standard Modern Greek. Also as article form in idioms, equivalent to standard τις (tis).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /tes/ (unaccented: pronounced together with following word)

Pronoun edit

τες • (tes) (weak personal pronoun) see: εγώ (egó)

they (3rd person feminine plural, nominative)
them (3rd person feminine plural, accusative)

Alternative forms edit

τις (tis) (used before the verb)

Related terms edit

Third person forms

Number (style)	singular (familiar)						plural (formal)
	strong			weak			strong			weak
	m	f	n	m	f	n	m	f	n	m	f	n
nominative	αυτός •	αυτή •	αυτό •	τος •	τη •	το •	αυτοί •	αυτές •	αυτά •	τοι •	τες •	τα •
genitive	αυτού •	αυτής •	αυτού •	του • ^†	της • ^†	του • ^†	αυτών •	αυτών •	αυτών •	τους • ^†	τους • ^†	τους • ^†
accusative	αυτόν •	αυτήν •	αυτό •	τον •	την •	το •	αυτούς •	αυτές •	αυτά •	τους •	τις •, τες •^‡	τα •
There is no 3rd person vocative case. † These terms double as possessive pronouns. ‡ "τις" is used before a verb, "τες" after a verb.. All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).

Article edit

τες • (tes) f pl

(definite, dialectal) accusative feminine plural of ο (o) (the)

References edit

^ τες - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

[1] τες - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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