Ο ειδικός περιμένει.

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Breakdown of Ο ειδικός περιμένει.

• ο ειδικός: specialist; expert

Questions & Answers about Ο ειδικός περιμένει.

What does Ο mean here?

Ο is the masculine singular definite article, so it means the.

In this sentence, Ο matches ειδικός in:

• gender: masculine
• number: singular
• case: nominative

So Ο ειδικός means the expert or the specialist.

What does ειδικός mean exactly?

ειδικός here means expert or specialist.

It can be:

• an adjective in other contexts, meaning something like specialized
• a noun, as it is here, meaning expert/specialist

So in Ο ειδικός περιμένει, ειδικός is being used as a noun.

Why is there an article before ειδικός?

Greek uses the definite article very often, including with many nouns referring to people.

So Ο ειδικός is the normal way to say the expert.

If you removed the article and just said Ειδικός περιμένει, it would usually sound less natural in ordinary speech, unless it were a headline, label, or some very special context.

Is ειδικός masculine only?