що

See also: що-, што, and шо

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чьто (čĭto), 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) (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) why

Related terms

• какво (kakvo)
• защо (zašto)

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• шо (šo) — Native pronoun in the west of Ukraine and the western part of central Ukraine
• што (što) — Native pronoun in some parts of western Ukraine

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Ukrainian) IPA^(key): [ʃt͡ʃɔ]
• (contracted) IPA^(key): [ʃʂɔ], [ʃːɔ], [ʂːɔ], [ʃɔ], [ʂɔ]
• (Transcarpathian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ.tʷɔ/, [ʃtʷɔ], [ʃtʷɔ̝], [ʃʈʷɔ], [ʂʈʷɔ], [ʂtʷɔ], [ʂʈʷɔ], [ʂt͡ʂʷɔ], [ʃt͡ʂʷɔ], [ʃʃʷɔ], [ʃʂʷɔ], [ʂʂʷɔ], [ʃʷɔ], [ʂʷɔ]

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Conjunction

що • (ščo)

1. that

Pronoun

що • (ščo) n

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

Declension

Declension of що (sg-only)

	singular
nominative	що ščo
genitive	чого́, чо́го1 čohó, čóho1
dative	чому́ čomú
accusative	що, ві́що ščo, víščo
instrumental	чим čym
locative	чо́му, чім čómu, čim
vocative	—

¹ After prepositions.

Related terms

• ніщо́ (niščó)
• що- (ščo-)
• що-не́будь (ščo-nébudʹ)
• щоб (ščob)
• щось (ščosʹ)

Derived terms

• що за хуй (ščo za xuj)

See also

• яки́й (jakýj)
• котри́й (kotrýj)
• 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