Nouns Like Πόλη

Level 2Sounds Like ē/-eis

Nouns such as πόλη form nominative and accusative plural πόλεις.

How It Works

Nouns such as πόλη form nominative and accusative plural πόλεις.

These nouns differ from the φίλη/φίλες class. Their plural genitive often ends in -εων, as in πόλεων; individual stress patterns and learned alternatives need to be learned with the noun.

GreekMeaning
η πόληthe city
οι πόλειςthe cities
των πόλεωνof the cities

Examples (3)

  1. η πόλη

    the city

  2. οι πόλεις

    the cities

  3. των πόλεων

    of the cities

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Nouns Like ΠόληLevel 2

Learn This First

Compare the common feminine singular form before learning the different plural class represented by πόλη.