что

See also: чьто

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʂto] (phonetic respelling: што)
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  • (dated St. Petersburg pronunciation, now proscribed)) IPA(key): [t͡ɕto]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -o

Conjunction

что • (što) (invariable)

  1. that
    Я ду́маю, что он до́ма. ― Ja dúmaju, što on dóma. ― I think that he's home.

Pronoun

что • (što) n

  1. (interrogative) what
    Что э́то? ― Što éto? ― What is this?
    Он не зна́ет, что э́то зна́чит. ― On ne znájet, što éto znáčit. ― He doesn’t know what this means.
  2. (literary, relative) that, which
    кни́га, что на столе́ ― kníga, što na stolé ― the book that is on the table

Usage notes

  • In informal speech, the genitive form чего́ (čevó) often replaces the accusative and sometimes the nominative.

Declension

Synonyms

  • чё (čo) or чо (čo) (interrogative pronoun only, non-standard, highly colloquial but common, not used in formal writing)
    Ну чё, пошли́, что́ ли? ― Nu čo, pošlí, štó li? ― Well, let's go!
    Чё он хо́чет от меня́? ― Čo on xóčet ot menjá? ― What (the hell) does he want from me?
  • шо (šo) (same as above, used in the South of European Russia or by Russian speakers in Ukraine)
  • кото́рый (kotóryj) (standard relative pronoun)
Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷe-‎ (0 c, 11 e)

Derived terms

Pronouns (declined as nouns)

Pronouns (indeclinable)

Adverbs and Interjections

Conjunctions

Verbs

Descendants

  • → Ingrian: sto
  • → Kildin Sami: што (što)
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