Appendix:Greek nouns


 * Category:Greek nouns
 * see: Greek noun inflection-table templates for a detailed list.

In Greek nouns are inflected, they decline changing their form depending upon their case and number. A few nouns, usually loanwords recently borrowed from foreign languages, are indeclinable - all case forms are the same; in general (and correctly) the plural form will also be the same, although some, like, may occasionally follow the originating language giving.

Proper nouns
In Greek, proper nouns are given names, surnames, placenames, demonyms, names of feasts, names of days and months, titles of works and synonyms of the Christian sense "God" and similar religious terms. All proper nouns begin with an uppercase letter (capital). Uppercase first letters are often used for emphasis or according to the preferences of the writer, on common nouns too. See  for proper nouns.

Gender
Nouns may be classified into three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. It is important to remember that grammatical gender is not the same as biological gender. Although in many cases these may be the same: is masculine and  is feminine, in others they are not: the words  and  are both neuter. In addition inanimate objects may be masculine or feminine although many are neuter; most loanwords are neuter. A fourth grammatical gender common, indicated in Wiktionary by "m, f ", is largely made up of nouns referring to occupations done by both men and women. Common nouns have a masculine endings but any articles or adjectives must agree with the gender of the person, thus for : ο νέος γιατρός οr  η  νέα γιατρός. It should also be noted that γιατρός also exists in much less common feminine forms, a woman doctor may also be  or.

Number
Most nouns have both singular and plural number. There are few exceptions Language names are common nouns, either feminine singular by ellipsis of the feminine, or neuter plural like. In several Greek dictionaries they are found with uppercase first letter.
 * One of the two grammatical numbers may have a special meaning, different from the other number.
 * Terms for sciences and abstract ideas may form grammatical plurals, even if they are rarely used.
 * The like,.
 * The like,.

Numbers of proper nouns
Given names, placenames, surnames also form both numbers: For these, there are also exceptions:
 * They may belong to more than one person or place,
 * a plural may be used as an honorary intensifier,
 * or ironically.
 * Singularia tantum, like ,
 * and pluralia tantum like.