каковой

Russian

Etymology

как (kak) + -ово́й (-ovój)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəkɐˈvoj]
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Determiner

каково́й • (kakovój)

  1. (archaic or formal) Synonym of како́й (kakój) in the main determiner and pronoun senses.
    Synonym: како́в (kakóv)
    Мо́жно ожида́ть, что риск о́чень высо́к, каковы́м он и явля́ется.Móžno ožidátʹ, što risk óčenʹ vysók, kakovým on i javljájetsja.You can expect the risk to be very high, which it is. (Каково́й with явля́ться (javljátʹsja) is one of the most common uses of this word.)
    каковы́ми бы они́ ни бы́лиkakovými by oní ni býliwhatever they are / may be
    Какова́я пози́ция прави́тельства?Kakovája pozícija pravítelʹstva?What is the government's position?
  2. (archaic or formal) Synonym of кото́рый (kotóryj) in the interrogative and relative pronoun senses.
    тала́нтливые лю́ди, каковы́х мно́гоtalántlivyje ljúdi, kakovýx mnógotalented people, of which there are many
    Разрабо́тали мето́дику, какову́ю Коми́ссия мо́жет испо́льзовать в ка́честве образца́.Razrabótali metódiku, kakovúju Komíssija móžet ispólʹzovatʹ v káčestve obrazcá.A methodology was developed which the Commission can use as a model.

Usage notes

  • The long forms are now uncommon, but the short forms remain in common use; see како́в (kakóv).

Declension

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