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 (tí). 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 (tí).; (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:

• masculine: σε ποιον; (se poion;, “to whom?”), για ποιον; (gia poion;, “for whom?”), με ποιον; (me poion;, “with/by whom?”)
• feminine: σε ποιαν; (se poian;, “to whom?”), για ποιαν; (gia poian;, “for whom?”), με ποιαν; (me poian;, “with/by whom?”)
• neuter: σε ποιο; (se poio;, “to what?”), για ποιο; (gia poio;, “for what?”), με ποιο; (me poio;, “with/by what?”)

Related terms

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))