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што

//ʃtô//
Serbo-Croatianadvpron
Latinica: štoone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    why (short for за̏што)
  2. 2.
    the, as
    • што раније то боље

      the sooner the better

    • што брже

      as quickly as possible

  3. 3.
    that, what, which
    • Ако је то тачно, мора бити да знаш нешто што ја не знам.

      If that is correct, it must be that you know something that I don't.

Etymology

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

Forms

  • што̏canonical
  • štȍromanization
  • шта̏alternative • interrogative • pronoun

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