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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- štȁ (interrogative pronoun only)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”), compare *kʷis; compare Chakavian Serbo-Croatian čȁ (“what”) (from Proto-Slavic *čь).
Pronunciation
Adverb
štȍ (Cyrillic spelling што̏)
- why (short for zȁšto)
- (in comparisons) the, as
- što ranije to bolje ― the sooner the better
- što brže ― as quickly as possible
Pronoun
štȍ (Cyrillic spelling што̏)
- (Croatia, interrogative) what
- Što ćeš mi učiniti? ― What are you going to do to me?
- (relative) that, what, which
- Ako je to točno/tačno, mora biti da znaš nešto što ja ne znam. ― If that is correct, it must be that you know something that I don't.
- (Kajkavian, interrogative) who
- Što je to? ― Who is that?
Declension
Synonyms
- (Kajkavian) kȁj
- (Chakavian) čȁ
Votic
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian что (što).
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈʃto/,
- Rhymes: -o
- Hyphenation: što
Conjunction
što
- (relative) that
- Synonym: etti
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “što”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn