що

See also: што and шо

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtɔ]

Pronoun

що • (što)

1. (dated) that, which (relative pronoun)
2. (dated) what (interrogative pronoun)

Adverb

що • (što)

1. (colloquial) why

Related terms

• какво (kakvo)
• защо (zašto)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьto, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃtʃɔ]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

що • (ščo)

1. that

Pronoun

що • (ščo)

1. that, which (relative pronoun)
2. what (interrogative pronoun)

Related terms

• щоб (ščob)
• що-небудь (ščo-nebudʹ)
• щось (ščosʹ)
• ніщо (niščo)

See also

• який (jakyj)
• котрий (kotryj)
• хто (xto)
• чий (čyj)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “що”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka