což

See also: coz, cōż, cóż, cóz, and 'coz

Czech

Etymology

Old Czech což. By surface analysis, co +‎ -ž. Compare Polish cóż.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡soʃ]

Pronoun

což

  1. which
    Chtěl vynalézt perpetuum mobile, což není možné. ― He wanted to invent a perpetual motion machine, which is impossible.

Declension
Declension of což (sg-only inanimate pronoun)
singular
nominative což
genitive čehož
dative čemuž
accusative což
vocative —
locative čemž
instrumental čímž

Further reading
  • což in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • což in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • což in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьsože. Cognate with Upper Sorbian štož, Polish cóż, and Czech což.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sɔʃ/

Pronoun

což

  1. whatever
    Což ty wěš, to ja teke wěm. ― Whatever you know, I know too.

Declension
Declension of což
Case Form
Nominative což
Genitive cogož
Dative comuž
Accusative což
Instrumental cymž
Locative comž

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “což”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “což”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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