English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Genitive of who, from Old English hwæs, the genitive of hwa, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis
Pronunciation [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
whose
- Of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun.
- Whose wallet is this?
- Of whom, belonging to whom; used as a relative pronoun.
- This is the man whose dog caused the accident. (=This man's dog caused the accident.)
- (formerly proscribed) Of which, belonging to which; used as a relative pronoun.
- We saw several houses whose roofs are falling off. (=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)
Translations [edit]
of whom (interrogative)
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- Japanese: 誰の (ja) (だれの, dáre-no), どなたの (ja) (dónata-no) (honorific)
- Korean: 누구의 (ko) (nugu-ui)
- Latin: cuius (la) m, f, and n, quorum (la) m pl and n pl, quarum (la) f pl
- Macedonian: чиј (mk) (čij)
- Navajo: háí bi-
- Norwegian: hvem sin (no), hvems (no), hvis (no)
- Polish: czyj (pl)
- Portuguese: de quem (pt)
- Russian: чей (ru) (čej) , чейный (ru) (čéjnyj) (colloquial, considered substandard)
- Serbo-Croatian: чѝјӣ (sh), čìjī (sh)
- Slovak: čí (sk)
- Slovene: čigáv (sl)
- Spanish: de quién (es)
- Swedish: vems (sv)
- Ukrainian: чий (uk) (čyj)
- Urdu: کس کا (ur) (kis kā)
- Vietnamese: của ai (vi)
- Volapük: kima (vo)
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of which (relative)
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- Interlingua: cuje (ia)
- Irish: a (indirect relative followed by resumptive possessive pronoun)
- Italian: il cui (it)
- Latin: cuius (la) m, f, and n, quorum (la) m pl and n pl, quarum (la) f pl
- Norwegian: hvis (no)
- Polish: który (pl) m
- Portuguese: cujo (pt) m, cuja (pt) f, cujos (pt) m pl, cujas (pt) f pl
- Russian: которого (kotórovo),чей (ru) (čej)
- Spanish: cuyo (es) m, cuya (es) f, cuyos (es) pl, cuyas (es) f pl
- Swedish: vars (sv)
- Urdu: جس کا (ur) (jis kā)
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