τίνι
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tí.ni/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈti.ni/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈti.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈti.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.ni/
Pronoun
τῐ́νῐ • (tĭ́nĭ)
- masculine/feminine/neuter dative singular of τῐ́ς (tĭ́s)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τίνι (tíni), dative singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (tí). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with dative τινί (tiní, “to someone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtini/
- Hyphenation: τί‧νι
Pronoun
τίνι • (tíni) m (feminine τίνι, neuter τίνι) interrogative pronoun - plural: τίσι (tísi); / τίσιν (tísin);
Usage notes
- Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.
Synonyms
Standard Modern Greek:
- masculine: σε ποιον; (se poion;, “to whom?”), για ποιον; (gia poion;, “for whom?”), με ποιον; (me poion;, “with/by whom?”)
- feminine: σε ποιαν; (se poian;, “to whom?”), για ποιαν; (gia poian;, “for whom?”), με ποιαν; (me poian;, “with/by whom?”)
- neuter: σε ποιο; (se poio;, “to what?”), για ποιο; (gia poio;, “for what?”), με ποιο; (me poio;, “with/by what?”)
Related terms
Formal set phrases