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Ukrainian
Etymology
From де́- (dé-) + що (ščo).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
де́що • (déščo) n
- a certain something (implies that one knows what it is, but is deliberately refraining from naming what)
Usage notes
- With prepositions, де́що (déščo) is split into де (de) and що (ščo), with the preposition in between: де з чим (de z čym, “with something”), де в чо́му (de v čómu, “in something”), де про що (de pro ščo, “about something”) and so on.
Declension
Declension of де́що (sg-only)
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singular
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nominative
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де́що déščo
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genitive
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де́чого déčoho
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dative
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де́чому déčomu
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accusative
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де́що déščo
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instrumental
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де́чим déčym
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locative
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де́чому, де́чім déčomu, déčim
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vocative
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—
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Adverb
де́що • (déščo) (no comparative)
- somewhat, slightly
- Я де́що розгу́блений. ― Ja déščo rozhúblenyj. ― I am somewhat perplexed.
- Вони́ де́що заціка́влені. ― Voný déščo zacikávleni. ― They are somewhat interested.
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дещо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дещо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “дещо”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “дещо”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “дещо”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “дещо”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)