što

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See also: sto, stó, stò, -sto, -stö, and 'sto

Kamkata-viri

Kamviri cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : što

Alternative forms

  • štëvo (Eastern Kata-viri, Western Kata-viri)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *čatwā́ra, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

Numeral

što (Kamviri)[1]

  1. four

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “št′o”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

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)

  1. why (short for zȁšto)
  2. (in comparisons) the, as
    što ranije to bolje ― the sooner the better
    što brže ― as quickly as possible

Pronoun

štȍ (Cyrillic spelling што̏)

  1. (Croatia, interrogative) what
    Što ćeš mi učiniti? ― What are you going to do to me?
  2. (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.
  3. (Kajkavian, interrogative) who
    Što je to? ― Who is that?

Declension

Declension of što
singular/plural
nominative štȍ, štȁ
genitive čèga, čȅg
dative čèmu
accusative štȍ, štȁ
vocative —
locative čȅm, čèmu
instrumental čȋm, číme

Synonyms

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: što
  • Syllabification: što

Pronoun

što n

  1. what
    Što je Was k tomu pohnuło?
    What made you do it?

Declension

Declension of što (sg-only inanimate pronoun)
singular
nominative što
genitive čeho
dative čemu
accusative što
vocative —
locative čim
instrumental čim

Further reading

  • “što” in Soblex

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian что (što).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

što

  1. (relative) that
    Synonym: etti

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “što”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn
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