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

	m·s	f·s	n·s	m·p	f·p	n·p
nominative	αυτός	αυτή	αυτό	αυτοί	αυτές	αυτά
genitive	αυτού	αυτής	αυτού	αυτών	αυτών	αυτών
accusative	αυτό	αυτή	αυτό	αυτούς	αυτές	αυτά
vocative	αυτέ	αυτή	αυτό	αυτοί	αυτές	αυτά
When a vowel follows the masculine and feminine accusative singular forms, they often have a 'ν' added: αυτόν, αυτήν

declension of   'αυτός'

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

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”).

Third person forms

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