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Greek Plural Helper

Nominative plural by declension class in modern Greek

Forms the nominative plural of modern Greek nouns by detecting the declension ending — masculine -ος to -οι, feminine -α/-η to -ες, neuter -ο to -α and -ι to -ια, and more.

Which plurals does this tool form?

It forms the nominative plural, the dictionary citation form of the plural. Masculine nouns in -ος become -οι, feminine in -α or -η become -ες, neuter in -ο become -α, neuter in -ι become -ια, and - μα nouns become -ματα.

The Greek plural helper forms the nominative plural of a modern Greek noun by detecting its declension class from the singular ending and the noun’s grammatical gender. Greek nouns fall into a handful of regular patterns, and this tool applies the correct one while explaining the rule.

How it works

Modern Greek groups nouns by gender and ending. The tool inspects the final letters of the singular and the chosen gender, then applies the matching transformation:

  • Masculine -ος to -οι (δρόμος to δρόμοι)
  • Masculine -ας / -ης to -ες (άντρας to άντρες, μαθητής to μαθητές)
  • Feminine -α / -η to -ες (ώρα to ώρες, νίκη to νίκες)
  • Neuter -ο to -α (βιβλίο to βιβλία)
  • Neuter -ι to -ια (παιδί to παιδιά)
  • Neuter -μα to -ματα (όνομα to ονόματα)

Ambiguous endings

The ending -ος is usually masculine but can be feminine (η οδός to οι οδοί) or neuter (το λάθος to τα λάθη), so the gender selector resolves the ambiguity. A learned set of feminine -η nouns takes -εις instead of -ες (η πόλη to οι πόλεις); the tool flags this when it applies.

Tips

Always enter the bare nominative singular without its article. For irregular, foreign, or learned vocabulary, treat the result as a strong first guess and confirm against a dictionary, since Greek keeps a number of historical exceptions outside the main classes.