ύφος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ὕφος (húphos, “weaving, fabric”), from ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”) +‎ -ος (-os, “action noun suffix”). For the "linguistic register" sense, semantic loan from English register; for the "expression" sense, semantic loan from French style.^[1]

Noun

ύφος • (ýfos) n (plural ύφη)

1. style (manner of doing things)
   1. (linguistics) register
2. expression (one's mood as reflected by facial features)

Declension

Declension of ύφος

	singular	plural
nominative	ύφος (ýfos)	ύφη (ýfi)
genitive	ύφους (ýfous)	υφών (yfón)
accusative	ύφος (ýfos)	ύφη (ýfi)
vocative	ύφος (ýfos)	ύφη (ýfi)

plural forms are rare

References

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

Further reading

• ύφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el