ποιος

See also: ποιός and ποῖος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpços/
• Hyphenation: ποιος

Pronoun

ποιος • (poios) m (feminine ποια, neuter ποιο)  interrogative

1. who

   Ποιος είναι ο επισκέπτης;

   Poios eínai o episképtis?

   Who is the caller?

   Ποιος;

   Poios;

   Who's that?, Who's there?, Who is it?

2. which

   Ποιο βιβλίο θέλεις;

   Poio vivlío théleis?

   Which book do you want?

3. (in accusative case) who, whom

   Σε ποιον το έδωσες;

   Se poion to édoses?

   To whom did you give it?

4. (in genitive case) whose

   Ποιανού είναι η πετσέτα;

   Poianoú eínai i petséta?

   Whose is the towel?

Declension

Declension of ποιος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ποιος (poios)	ποια (poia)	ποιο (poio)		ποιοι (poioi)	ποιες (poies)	ποια (poia)
genitive	ποιου (poiou) ποιανού (poianoú)	ποιας (poias) ποιανής (poianís)	ποιου (poiou) ποιανού (poianoú)		ποιων (poion) ποιανών (poianón)	ποιων (poion) ποιανών (poianón)	ποιων (poion) ποιανών (poianón)
accusative	ποιον (poion)	ποια (poia) ποιαν (poian)	ποιο (poio)		ποιους (poious) ποιανούς (poianoús)	ποιες (poies)	ποια (poia)
vocative	—	—	—		—	—	—

The alternative forms are usually pronouns, used for people and not things.
ποιαν (poian) should be used before vowels and the consonants: κ, ξ, π, τ, ψ, γκ, ντ, μπ.

Descendants

• →⇒ Turkish: aftospiyos, kıtıpiyos

See also

• που (pou) for the relative form of who:

  Ο άνθρωπος που γνώριζε πολλά ― O ánthropos pou gnórize pollá ― The Man Who Knew Too Much