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ανιψιός
nephew /a.ni.ˈpsʝos/
nounC1#3792 most common
Also: cousin (archaic/Ancient Greek sense)
Example sentences
Αυτός είναι ο ανιψιός μου.
This is my nephew.
Ο ανιψιός μου είναι έξι χρονών.
My nephew is six years old.
Θα πάω στο πάρτι γενεθλίων του ανιψιού μου το Σάββατο.
I will go to my nephew's birthday party on Saturday.
Ο ανιψιός μου σπουδάζει ιατρική στο πανεπιστήμιο.
My nephew is studying medicine at university.
Οι ανιψιοί μου ζουν στο εξωτερικό και τους βλέπω σπάνια.
My nephews live abroad and I rarely see them.
Παρόλο που δεν είχε δικά του παιδιά, αφιέρωσε τη ζωή του στην ανατροφή του ανιψιού του.
Although he had no children of his own, he devoted his life to raising his nephew.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ο ανιψιός | οι ανιψιοί |
| Genitive | του ανιψιού | των ανιψιών |
| Accusative | τον ανιψιό | τους ανιψιούς |
| Vocative | ανιψιέ | ανιψιοί |
Word family
ανιψιάniece
ανίψιnephew/niece (colloquial term, often for a young child)θείοςuncle (related family term, not derived from the same root)εξάδελφοςcousin (the word that took over this old sense)
Etymology
Ανιψιός comes from Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός, which originally meant cousin rather than nephew. That word is built from a collective prefix meaning together or same, attached to a root meaning descendant. Over time the meaning narrowed in Modern Greek from cousin to nephew, while a separate word came to cover cousin. The old root also survives in many other languages with the sense of grandson or descendant.
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