što
See also: sto, stó, stò, -sto, -stö, and 'sto
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- štȁ (interrogative pronoun only)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”), compare *kʷis; compare Chakavian Serbo-Croatian čȁ (“what”) (from Proto-Slavic *čь).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtô/
Adverb
štȍ (Cyrillic spelling што̏)
- why (short for zȁšto)
- (in comparisons) the, as
- što ranije to bolje ― the sooner the better
- što brže ― as quickly as possible
Pronoun
štȍ (Cyrillic spelling што̏)
- (Croatia, interrogative) what
- Što ćeš mi učiniti? ― What are you going to do to me?
- (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.
- (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
- (Kajkavian) kȁj
- (Chakavian) čȁ
Votic
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian что (što).
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈʃto/, [ˈʃto]
- Rhymes: -o
- Hyphenation: što
Conjunction
što
- (relative) that
- Synonym: etti
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “što”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn