Nouns Like Συγγραφέας

Level 5Sounds Like éas/-eís

Nouns such as συγγραφέας and γραμματέας have learned plural forms in -είς.

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Nouns such as συγγραφέας and γραμματέας have learned plural forms in -είς.

Singular and plural genitives can involve stems such as συγγραφέα and συγγραφέων. These paradigms differ from ordinary masculine nouns in -ας with plural -ες or -αδες.

GreekMeaning
ο συγγραφέαςthe author
οι συγγραφείςthe authors
των συγγραφέωνof the authors

Examples (3)

  1. ο συγγραφέας

    the author

  2. οι συγγραφείς

    the authors

  3. των συγγραφέων

    of the authors

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Nouns Like ΣυγγραφέαςLevel 5

Learn This First

Recognize the ordinary masculine -ας noun pattern before contrasting the learned -έας class and its -είς plural.