του
See also: τού and τοῦ
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τοῦ (toû)
Article
του • (tou) m sg or n sg
- (definite) genitive masculine singular of ο (o) (the)
- (definite) genitive neuter singular of ο (o) (the)
Declension
The definite article
| number | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender | m | f | n | m | f | n |
| nominative | ο | η | το | οι | οι | τα |
| genitive | του | της | του | των | των | των |
| accusative | το(ν)* | τη(ν)* | το | τους | τις | τα |
| * The final "ν" is preserved before vowels, and the plosive/affricate consonants: κ, π, τ, ξ, ψ, μπ, ντ, γκ, τσ, τζ 1. Archaic forms are sometimes used in certain colloquial phrases, these include: | ||||||
Pronoun
του • (tou) (weak personal and possessive forms)
- (personal, indirect object, masculine and neuter) him, it
- Του είπα την αλήθεια. ― Tou eípa tin alítheia. ― I told him the truth.
- Του έδωσε νερό. ― Tou édose neró. ― He gave it water.
- (possessive) his, its
- Το όνομά του είναι Μιχάλης. ― To ónomá tou eínai Michális. ― His name is Michael.
Declension
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”). | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (personal): αυτού (aftoú) (strong form)
Derived terms
- (contraction): σε (se) + του (tou) giving στου (stou)