што

See also: що

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis. Cognates include Ukrainian що (ščo), Russian что (što) and Polish co.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂto]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

што • (što)

1. that

Pronoun

што • (što) n

1. relative pronoun: that, which
2. interrogative pronoun: what

Declension

Declension of што (sg-only)

	singular
nominative	што što
genitive	чаго́ čahó
dative	чаму́ čamú
accusative	што, во́шта što, vóšta
instrumental	чым čym
locative	чым čym

Derived terms

• не́шта (njéšta)
• ні за што́ (ni za štó)
• ніхто́ (nixtó)
• што ні дзень (što ni dzjenʹ)
• штось (štosʹ)
• што́сьці (štósʹci)

 

References

• “што” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis. Cognates include Ukrainian що (ščo), Russian что (što) and Polish co.

Conjunction

што • (što)

1. what

   Што вы за єдны?

   Što vŷ za jednŷ?

   Who are you?

Derived terms

• штобы (štobŷ)

Erzya

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian что (što).

Conjunction

што • (što)

1. that

   Synonyms: мекс (meks), эдь (eď)

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 269:

     Карминьдерятадо вейкеҥк-вейкеҥк вечкеме, тень кувалма весе кармить содамоҥк, што тынь Монь тонавтницятадо.

     “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “што”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Conjunction

што • (što)

1. the

   Што повеќе јадеш, толку подебел стануваш.

   Što poveḱe jadeš, tolku podebel stanuvaš.

   The more you eat, the fatter you get.

Pronoun

што • (što)

1. interrogative pronoun: what
2. relative pronoun: who, which, that

Adverb

што • (što)

1. how

   Што убаво. ― Što ubavo. ― How beautiful.

Synonyms

• шо (šo) (non-standard, colloquial)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂto]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

што • (što)

1. Misspelling of что (što).

Pronoun

што • (što)

1. Misspelling of что (što).

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• шта̏ (interrogative pronoun only)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis; compare Chakavian Serbo-Croatian ча̏ (“what”) (from Proto-Slavic *čь).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtô/

Adverb

што̏ (Latin spelling štȍ)

1. why (short for за̏што)
2. (in comparisons) the, as

   што раније то боље ― the sooner the better

   што брже ― as quickly as possible

Pronoun

што̏ (Latin spelling štȍ)

1. (relative) that, what, which

   Ако је то тачно, мора бити да знаш нешто што ја не знам.

   If that is correct, it must be that you know something that I don't.