αγώνας (agónas)

English: fight

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About αγώνας

As a noun, αγώνας is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    fight, efforts, struggle
  • noun:
    (capitalised): the Greek War of Independence
    Examples:
    • Ο Αγώνας, Ο Αγώνας του 1821O Agónas, O Agónas tou 1821
    • (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  • noun:
    (sports) race, game, match
  • noun:
    (in the plural) the Games
    Examples:
    • οι ολυμπιακοί αγώνες (the Olympic Games)

Declension Table

masculine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeαγώναςαγώνες
genitiveαγώνααγώνων
accusativeαγώνααγώνες
vocativeαγώνααγώνες

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how αγώνας appears in different grammatical contexts.

Related Words

Derived Terms

  • προκριματικός (prokrimatikós agónas)"Grek"