Greek

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, whole, entire, complete),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós from *solh₂- (whole). The adjective όλος (ólos, whole, all), also as pronoun when referring or replacing a noun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈola/
  • Hyphenation: ό‧λα

Pronoun

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όλα (óla) (indeclinable)

  1. everything
    Όλα είναι εντάξει!
    Óla eínai entáxei!
    Everything is OK!
    Τα θέλει όλα δικά του.
    Ta thélei óla diká tou.
    He wants everything for himself.
    τριάντα όλα (tennis)triánta ólathirty all

Declension

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Adjective

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όλα (óla)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of όλος (ólos).
    Όλα τα παιδιά αγαπούν τα παιχνίδια.
    Óla ta paidiá agapoún ta paichnídia.
    All children love toys.

References

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  1. ^ όλος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language