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Etymology

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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

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

Pronoun

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

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

Alternative forms

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  • τις (tis) (used before the verb)
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Article

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τες (tesf pl

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

References

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