έτσι

Greek

Alternative forms

(adverb): έτσ’ (éts’) — elided form

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek οὕτως (hoútōs). There is a strengthened form οὑτωσῑ́ (houtōsī́) in Attic Greek. Middle forms include Byzantine Greek έτις (étis), possibly via the variants *έτω (*étō) or *έτωσι (*étōsi). Derivation from Latin etsi should be ruled out for semantic reasons.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈetsi/
Hyphenation: έτ‧σι

Adverb

έτσι • (étsi)

thus; like this; like that
(colloquial) for no reason or for no money

Derived terms

είτε έτσι είτε αλλιώς (eíte étsi eíte alliós, “one way or another”)
έτσι δεν είναι; (étsi den eínai;, “Isn't that right?”)
έτσι και (étsi kai, “if, as long as”)
έτσι και έτσι (étsi kai étsi), έτσι κέτσι (étsi kétsi, “so-so”)
έτσι κι αλλιώς (étsi ki alliós, “anyway”)
έτσι που λες! (étsi pou les!, “so you say!”)
έτσι το ’πα (étsi to ’pa, “that's how I said it!”)
όχι και έτσι (óchi kai étsi, “enough”)
ώστε έτσι; (óste étsi;, “is it?”)

Noun

έτσι • (étsi) n (indeclinable)

(colloquial) (always with article) indicates a known person

References

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

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

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