таков

• IPA^(key): [ˈtakɔf]

таков • (takov)

1. that kind of, that type of

• ваков (vakov)
• онаков (onakov)

• IPA^(key): [tɐˈkof]

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тако́в • (takóv) m

1. like that, like this (sometimes translated as simply "that"/"those"" or "this"/"these")

   Synonym: тако́й (takój)

   и был тако́в ― i byl takóv ― and took off / and off he went / and was gone

   Все́ ко́шки таковы́. ― Vsé kóški takový. ― All cats are like that.

   Вопро́с тако́в: заче́м они́ э́то де́лают? ― Voprós takóv: začém oní éto délajut? ― The question is, why are they doing this? (literally, “The question is this: why are they doing this?”)

   Таковы́ фа́кты. ― Takový fákty. ― Such are the facts.

2. (immediately before a clause beginning with что (što)) such (in such a way that the following clause is true)

   Synonym: тако́й (takój)

   Ситуа́ция такова́, что э́то невозмо́жно. ― Situácija taková, što éto nevozmóžno. ― The situation is such that this is not possible.

3. (immediately before a clause beginning with како́в (kakóv), како́й (kakój) or как (kak)) as, the way (in the way described in the following clause)

   Synonym: тако́й (takój)

   Фа́кты таковы́, как я их изложи́л. ― Fákty takový, kak ja ix izložíl. ― The facts are as I have presented them.

   Мир тако́в, како́в он есть. ― Mir takóv, kakóv on jestʹ. ― The world is the way it is.

• како́в (kakóv)

тако́в • (takóv) m

1. short masculine singular of таково́й (takovój)