штосьці

Belarusian

Etymology

From штось (štosʹ) +‎ -ці (-ci).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʂtosʲt͡sʲi]

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Pronoun

што́сьці • (štósʹci) n

something

The particle -сь (-sʹ) imparts a sense of indefiniteness similar to English some. The forms of што́сьці are usually associated with affirmatives (like something), while што-не́будзь (što-njébudzʹ) is associated with questions and negatives (like anything).

Declension

Declension of што́сьці (sg-only)

	singular
nominative	што́сьці štósʹci
genitive	чаго́сьці čahósʹci
dative	чаму́сьці čamúsʹci
accusative	што́сьці štósʹci
instrumental	чы́мсьці čýmsʹci
locative	чы́мсьці čýmsʹci

Synonyms

не́шта (njéšta)
штось (štosʹ)
што-не́будзь (što-njébudzʹ)

References

“штосьці” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org