ще
See also: щэ, -ше, шэ, and щё
Bulgarian
Etymology 1
Originally a form of the verb ща (šta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃtɛ]
Particle
ще • (šte)
- used to form the future and the future perfect tense, will, shall, going to
- Ще му кажа.
- Šte mu kaža.
- I'll tell him / I'm going to tell him.
- Като се прибереш, ще съм почистил къщата.
- Kato se pribereš, šte sǎm počistil kǎštata.
- By the time you get home, I will have cleaned the house.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ще • (šte)
- third-person singular present indicative of ща (šta)
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- іще́ (iščé)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)ešče (“still, yet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esk(ʷ)e(h₁). Cognate with Russian ещё (ješčó).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃt͡ʃɛ]
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Adverb
ще • (šče)
- yet, more
- else
- still
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ще”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka