What you should know about Greek adjectives

In Greek adjectives are also divided in three grammatical gender.
Below you will find the most common suffixes:

masculine
Nominative singular: -ος, -ας, -ης
Nominative plural: -οι, -ες
feminine
Nominative singular: -η, -α
Nominative plural: -ες
neuter
Nominative singular : -ύ
Nominative plural: -ιά

💡 Examples:
masculine
Nominative singular: καλός (good)
Nominative plural: καλοί (good)
feminine
Nominative singular : καλή (good)
Nominative plural: αλές
neuter
Nominative singular : καλό (good)
Nominative plural: καλά

Adjectives are always determined by the reference word (the noun) its case, number and gender.
This applies to adjectives located before or after the noun.
Commonly adjectives are located before the reference word.

Singular
ένας ψηλός άντρας – a tall man
μία όμορφη γυναίκα – a beautiful woman
ένα κόκκινο αυτοκίνητο – a red car

Plural
ψηλοί άντρες – tall men
όμορφες γυναίκες – beautiful women (pl)
κόκκινα αυτοκίνητα – red cars

Adjectives still refer to the reference word (noun), if a verb is positioned in between.

Ο Γιάννης είναι πολύ ψηλός – Giannis is very tall.
Η θάλασσα είναι κρύα – The sea is cold.
Το παράθυρο είναι κλειστό – The window is closed.

There are also further adjective suffixes:
masculine
Singular: -ύς
Plural: -ιοί
feminine
Singular: -ιά
Plural: -ιές
neuter
Singular: -ύ
Plural: -ιά

💡 Examples:
masculine
Singular: πλατύς δρόμος – broad street
Plural: πλατιοί δρόμοι – broad streets
feminine
Singular: πλατιά θάλασσα – broad sea
Plural: πλατιές θάλασσες – broad seas
neuter
Singular: πλατύ μέτωπο – wide forehead
Plural: πλατιά μέτωπα – wide foreheads

πολύς, πολλή πολύ (en. many/much)

The adjective „many/much" is declined irregular in singular and plural.
The masculine and neuter endings are -λυς (masculine) und -λυ (neuter).
The feminine suffix is -λλή.

Singular
πολύς ύπνος – much sleep
πολλή ζάχαρη – much sugar
πολύ νερό – much water

Plural
πολλοί άνθρωποι – many people
πολλές ερωτήσεις – many questions
πολλά νησιά – many isles

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