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što

//ʃtô//
Serbo-Croatianadvpron
Ћирилица: штоone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    why (short for zȁšto)
  2. 2.
    the, as
    • što ranije to bolje

      the sooner the better

    • što brže

      as quickly as possible

  3. 3.
    what
    • Što ćeš mi učiniti?

      What are you going to do to me?

  4. 4.
    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.

  5. 5.
    who
    • Što je to?

      Who is that?

Synonyms & related words

Synonyms
  • kȁj
  • čȁ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьto (“what”), compare *kʷís; compare Chakavian Serbo-Croatian čȁ (“what”) (from Proto-Slavic *čь).

Forms

  • štȍcanonical
  • што̏cyrillic
  • štȁalternative • interrogative • pronoun

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