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• (contraction)’σύ(’sý)
• (contraction)’συ(’sy)

FromByzantine Greekἐσύ(esú), fromAncient Greekσύ(sú), fromProto-Indo-European*túh₂.

• IPA^(key):/eˈsi/,[e̞ˈs̠i]

εσύ• (esý) (strong personal pronoun)

1. you

   Εσύ με αγαπάς. ―Esý me agapás. ―You love me.

   Έλα εδώεσύ! ―Éla edóesý! ―You, come here!

• This is aninformal 2nd person pronoun, used with children, friends and relatives. The pluralformal formεσείς(eseís) is used to strangers and those to whom it is thought that deference or respect is due.

FromAncient Greekσύ(sú), fromProto-Indo-European*túh₂. As the Standard Greekεσύ(esý).

εσύ (esý)

1. you

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