CYPRIOT GRAMMAR

1. Locations ending in –ος do not have a plural and experience a shift of the stress mark to the next syllable in the genetive.
Το Τροόδος -> του Τροόδους (Troodos Montain)
2. Ρκός (debt), σ’ός (shadow), βκιός (life) do not have plurals.
3. Σ’είλος (lip) in the genetive plural is των σ’ειλγών
Please pay attention to the shifts in the tone mark which are more or less concrete for each declension of nouns for all genders.
The noun declensions are not so difficult to learn and most often the article in each case gives a hint on how the ending should be since in
Cypriot we strive for euphony.
5.7 Irregular Nouns
The following nouns present declension for cases and plural forms which does not allow us to classify them in any category.
5.7.1. Nouns which have an ending in –oς but are feminine. These are mostly the name of cities such as η Πάφος (Paphos) because the
word for city in Cypriot is feminine. Others include το δρόσος (the cooling), το σ’επος (the protection/roof), το σ’ός (the shadow), η οδός
(the street), θκιάμετρος (diameter).
5.7.2 λάς (people), φάς (food), χάς (chaos) do not have plural or change ending in all cases.
5.7.3 τα αγκάλγα = embrace
___________Article__Singular
Nominative___τα_____τα αγκάλγια
Accusative__(ν)τα____τα αγκάλγια
Genitive____(ν)των___των αγκάλγιων
Vocative_____ρε______αγκάλγα
5.7.4 τα γειραθκιά = old age
___________Article__Singular
Nominative___τα_____τα γειραθκιά
Accusative__(ν)τα____τα γειραθκιά
Genitive____(ν)των___των γειραθκιών
Vocative_____ρε______γειραθκιά
5.7.5 τα προπόνια = prelabour pain
___________Article__Singular
Nominative___τα_____τα προπόνια
Accusative__(ν)τα____τα προπόνια
Genitive____(ν)των___των προπονιών
Vocative_____ρε______προπόνια
5.7.6 το γεγονός = event
___________Article__Singular____Article__Plural
Nominative___το____γεγονός______τα____γεγονότα
Accusative___(ν)το__γεγονός______(ν)τα__γεγονότα
Genitive_____(ν)του_γεγονότος____(ν)των_γεγονότων
Vocative_____ρε/ε___γεγονός______ρε/ε__γεγονότα
Το ανακοινωθέν = the announcement is also formed in the same way.
5.8 Words of foreign Origin
Most words of foreign origin are neuter in gender in Cypriot and do not take any endings whatsoever in both numbers and all cases. Some
words which in their original form end in masculine or feminine endings also take a gender according to their ending and are formed
appropriately.
Examples
το σάντουιτσ’ – the sandwich
η πίτσα – the pizza
5.9 Ασκήεις - Exercises
Please declense the following Neuter Nouns for each case:
Σκαμνίν (Stool)
Αφκόν
Πλύμμαν
Ποσκόλλιον (Anything that entertains you and at the same time keeps you distracted from worrying/doing something else!)
Καμίνιν (Heat/it’s hot)
Βάψιμον (paint job)
Κριάς
Τζ’αμιν
Φταίσιμον (blame)
Κλάμαν (crying)
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