ὑμεῖς

Ancient Greek

second person pronoun (edit)
casesingulardualplural
str.encl.str.str.
nominative σύσφώ, σφῶϊῡ̔μεῖς
genitive σοῦσουσφῷνῡ̔μῶν
dative σοίσοισφῷνῡ̔μῖν
accusative σέσεσφώ, σφῶϊῡ̔μᾶς
adjective σόςῡ̔μέτερος

Alternative forms

  • ῠ̓́μμες (úmmes) Epic, Aeolic
  • ῡ̔μές (hūmés), ῡ̔μέν (hūmén) Doric
  • οὐμές (oumés) Boeotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European oblique stem *usm- (from *túh₂), with regular rough breathing (h) before initial υ (u).

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

ῡ̔μεῖς (hūmeîs)

  1. second person plural personal pronoun: you (ye, y'all, you guys)

Usage notes

The singular and dual are σύ () and σφώ (sphṓ).

Inflection

Descendants

References

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