αυτός

See also: αυτος, αὐτός, and αὑτός

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈftos/
• Hyphenation: αυ‧τός

Pronoun

αυτός • (aftós) m (feminine αυτή, neuter αυτό)  a demonstrative determiner

1. this (masculine singular, nominative)

Declension

Declension of αυτός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	αυτός (aftós)	αυτή (aftí)	αυτό (aftó)		αυτοί (aftoí)	αυτές (aftés)	αυτά (aftá)
genitive	αυτού (aftoú)	αυτής (aftís)	αυτού (aftoú)		αυτών (aftón)	αυτών (aftón)	αυτών (aftón)
accusative	αυτό (aftó)	αυτή (aftí)	αυτό (aftó)		αυτούς (aftoús)	αυτές (aftés)	αυτά (aftá)
vocative	αυτέ (afté)	αυτή (aftí)	αυτό (aftó)		αυτοί (aftoí)	αυτές (aftés)	αυτά (aftá)

Notes: When a vowel follows the masculine and feminine accusative singular forms, they often have a 'ν' added: αυτόν, αυτήν

Synonyms

• τούτος (toútos, “this, this one”) (more formal)

Pronoun

αυτός • (aftós)

1. (personal pronoun) he (3rd person masculine singular, nominative)
2. (demonstrative pronoun) this

   αυτό εδώ ― aftó edó ― this one (literally, “this here”)

   αυτό θελώ. ― aftó theló. ― I want this.

3. (demonstrative pronoun) that

   αυτό εκεί ― aftó ekeí ― that one (literally, “that there”)

Declension

Third person pronouns

singular (familiar) strong weak masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative αυτός (aftós) αυτή (aftí) αυτό (aftó) τος (tos) τη (ti) το (to) genitive αυτού (aftoú) αυτής (aftís) αυτού (aftoú) του (tou) † της (tis) † του (tou) † accusative αυτόν (aftón) αυτήν (aftín) αυτό (aftó) τον (ton) την (tin) το (to) plural (formal) strong weak masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter nominative αυτοί (aftoí) αυτές (aftés) αυτά (aftá) τοι (toi) τες (tes) τα (ta) genitive αυτών (aftón) αυτών (aftón) αυτών (aftón) τους (tous) † τους (tous) † τους (tous) † accusative αυτούς (aftoús) αυτές (aftés) αυτά (aftá) τους (tous) τις, τες (tis, tes) ‡ τα (ta)

There is no 3rd person vocative case.
† These terms double as possessive pronouns.
‡ τις (tis) is used before a verb, τες (tes) after a verb..
All personal pronoun forms are displayed at εγώ (egó, “I”).

Colloquial variants of strong forms (familiar, sometimes pejorative):

• Genitive singular: masculine & neuter: αυτουνού (aftounoú), feminine: αυτηνής (aftinís)
• Genitive plural, all genders: αυτωνών (aftonón)
• and the vernacular accusative plural for the masculine: αυτουνούς (aftounoús)

Further reading

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