τίνι

See also: τινί and τινι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τίνι (tíni), dative singular of the interrogative pronoun: masculine, feminine τίς (tís) and of neuter τί (). Compare to the indefinite pronoun τίς (tís) with dative τινί (tiní, to someone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtini/
  • Hyphenation: τί‧νι

Pronoun

τίνι • (tíni) m (feminine τίνι, neuter τίνι)  interrogative pronoun - plural: τίσι (tísi); / τίσιν (tísin);

  1. (in the singular) to whom/what? for whom/what? with whom/what? - In Ancient Greek:
    1. (archaic, rare, formal) Dative masculine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
    2. (archaic, rare, formal) Dative feminine singular form of τίς (tís).; (monotonic: τις;)
    3. (archaic, rare, formal) Dative neuter singular form of τί ().; (monotonic: τι;)

Usage notes

  • Of the ancient interrogative pronoun τίς (tís); the forms τίνος; plural τίνων; and the neuter τι; are used in Standard Modern Greek as well. All other forms are archaic, used in quotations and set phrases.

Synonyms

Standard Modern Greek:

Formal set phrases

  • τίνι τρόπω; (tíni trópo?, in what way?) polytonic spelling: τίνι τρόπῳ; (interrogative τίς (tís))
  • έν τινι τρόπω (én tini trópo, in some way) polytonic spelling: ἔν τινι τρόπῳ (indefinite τις (tis))
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