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παππός
grandfather /paˈpos/
nounB1#1072 most common
Also: grandpa, old man (in Ancient Greek)
Example sentences
Αυτός είναι ο παππούς μου.
This is my grandfather.
Ο παππούς μου είναι πολύ ευγενικός.
My grandfather is very kind.
Πηγαίνω κάθε Κυριακή στο σπίτι του παππού μου.
I go to my grandfather's house every Sunday.
Ο παππούς μας έλεγε πάντα ιστορίες από τον πόλεμο.
Our grandfather always used to tell stories from the war.
Τα εγγόνια αγαπούν πολύ τον παππού και τη γιαγιά τους.
The grandchildren love their grandfather and grandmother very much.
Ο παππούς μου, αν και πέρασε δύσκολα παιδικά χρόνια, κατάφερε να μεγαλώσει έξι παιδιά με αξιοπρέπεια.
My grandfather, although he had a difficult childhood, managed to raise six children with dignity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | παππούς | παππούδες |
| Genitive | παππού | παππούδων |
| Accusative | παππού | παππούδες |
| Vocative | παππού | παππούδες |
Word family
παππούςgrandfather (standard nominative form)
παππούgrandpa! / of grandfather (vocative and genitive)
παππούληςgrandpa (affectionate diminutive)
προπάπποςgreat-grandfather
Etymology
The word goes back to Ancient Greek πάππος, meaning grandfather or, more loosely, an old and respected man. Linguists treat it as a nursery word, built from the doubled baby-talk syllable pa, the same pattern that gives many unrelated languages words like papa or dad. Because nursery words tend to form independently rather than descend cleanly through a family tree, no secure Proto-Indo-European root is reconstructed for it.
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