"кто" meaning in Russian

See кто in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [kto], [xto] (note: South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, non-standard) Audio: Ru-кто.ogg
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Etymology templates: {{root|ru|ine-pro|*kʷe-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|къто|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), {{inh+|ru|orv|къто}} Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*kъto}} Proto-Slavic *kъto, {{der|ru|ine-pro|*kʷis}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷis Head templates: {{head|ru|pronoun|g=m}} кто • (kto) m Forms: kto [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], кто́ [nominative, singular], кого́ [genitive, singular], кому́ [dative, singular], кого́ [accusative, singular], ке́м [instrumental, singular], ко́м [prepositional, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], кто́ [dated, nominative, singular], кого́ [dated, genitive, singular], кому́ [dated, dative, singular], кого́ [accusative, dated, singular], кѣ́мъ [dated, instrumental, singular], ко́мъ [dated, prepositional, singular]
  1. (interrogative) who Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-кто-ru-pron-btAzcUC9 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian pronouns Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian pronouns: 50 50
  2. (relative) who Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-кто-ru-pron-btAzcUC91 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian pronouns Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian pronouns: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: хто (xto) [nonstandard], regional Derived forms: кое-кто́ (koje-któ), кто́-либо (któ-libo), кто́-нибудь (któ-nibudʹ), кто́-то (któ-to), не́кто (nékto), не́кого (nékovo), никто́ (niktó)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "koje-któ",
      "word": "кое-кто́"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "któ-libo",
      "word": "кто́-либо"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "któ-nibudʹ",
      "word": "кто́-нибудь"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "któ-to",
      "word": "кто́-то"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nékto",
      "word": "не́кто"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nékovo",
      "word": "не́кого"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "niktó",
      "word": "никто́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷe-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "къто",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old East Slavic къто (kŭto)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "къто"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*kъto"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *kъto",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷis",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кто́",
      "roman": "któ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кому́",
      "roman": "komú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ке́м",
      "roman": "kém",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ко́м",
      "roman": "kóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кто́",
      "roman": "któ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кому́",
      "roman": "komú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кѣ́мъ",
      "roman": "kě́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ко́мъ",
      "roman": "kóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "кто • (kto) m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who’s this?",
          "roman": "Kto éto?",
          "text": "Кто э́то?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don’t know who did this.",
          "roman": "Ja ne znáju, kto éto sdélal.",
          "text": "Я не зна́ю, кто э́то сде́лал.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "id": "en-кто-ru-pron-btAzcUC9",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The one who did it.",
          "roman": "Tot, kto éto sdélal.",
          "text": "Тот, кто э́то сде́лал.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "id": "en-кто-ru-pron-btAzcUC91",
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kto]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xto]",
      "note": "South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, non-standard"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-кто.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xto",
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "хто"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "regional"
    }
  ],
  "word": "кто"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Russian/o",
    "Russian 1-syllable words",
    "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Russian lemmas",
    "Russian pronouns",
    "Russian terms derived from Old East Slavic",
    "Russian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Russian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷe-",
    "Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic",
    "Russian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Russian terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "koje-któ",
      "word": "кое-кто́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "któ-libo",
      "word": "кто́-либо"
    },
    {
      "roman": "któ-nibudʹ",
      "word": "кто́-нибудь"
    },
    {
      "roman": "któ-to",
      "word": "кто́-то"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nékto",
      "word": "не́кто"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nékovo",
      "word": "не́кого"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niktó",
      "word": "никто́"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷe-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "къто",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "orv",
        "3": "къто"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto)",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*kъto"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *kъto",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷis"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷis",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kto",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кто́",
      "roman": "któ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кому́",
      "roman": "komú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ке́м",
      "roman": "kém",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ко́м",
      "roman": "kóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кто́",
      "roman": "któ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кому́",
      "roman": "komú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кого́",
      "roman": "kovó",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "кѣ́мъ",
      "roman": "kě́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ко́мъ",
      "roman": "kóm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "кто • (kto) m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Who’s this?",
          "roman": "Kto éto?",
          "text": "Кто э́то?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don’t know who did this.",
          "roman": "Ja ne znáju, kto éto sdélal.",
          "text": "Я не зна́ю, кто э́то сде́лал.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The one who did it.",
          "roman": "Tot, kto éto sdélal.",
          "text": "Тот, кто э́то сде́лал.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) who"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kto]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xto]",
      "note": "South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, non-standard"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-кто.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xto",
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ],
      "word": "хто"
    },
    {
      "word": "regional"
    }
  ],
  "word": "кто"
}

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