što
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
- štȁ (interrogative pronoun only)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”), compare *kʷis; compare Chakavian Serbo-Croatian čȁ (“what”) (from Proto-Slavic *čь).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
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 edit
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 edit
Declension of što
Synonyms edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian что (što).
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
što
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “što”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn