"кто" meaning in Russian

See кто in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [kto], [xto] (note: South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, nonstandard) Audio: Ru-кто.ogg
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. 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|*kʷís}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷís 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], хто [alternative, nonstandard, regional]
  1. (interrogative) who Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-кто-ru-pron-btAzcUC9 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 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): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian pronouns Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian pronouns: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "orv",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "orv",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷís"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.",
  "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",
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      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "хто",
      "roman": "xto",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "nonstandard",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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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": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Who’s this?",
          "roman": "Kto éto?",
          "text": "Кто э́то?",
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        },
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              13,
              16
            ]
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              13,
              16
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              12,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "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",
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        [
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          "who"
        ]
      ],
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        "(interrogative) who"
      ],
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        "interrogative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              8,
              11
            ]
          ],
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              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "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]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-кто.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Ru-%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xto]",
      "note": "South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, nonstandard"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "кто"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "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"
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old East Slavic къто (kŭto), from Proto-Slavic *kъto, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.",
  "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",
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      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "хто",
      "roman": "xto",
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        "alternative",
        "nonstandard",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "кто • (kto) m",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "pron",
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      ],
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          ],
          "english": "Who’s this?",
          "roman": "Kto éto?",
          "text": "Кто э́то?",
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          ],
          "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"
      ],
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        "interrogative"
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              5,
              8
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          "english": "The one who did it.",
          "roman": "Tot, kto éto sdélal.",
          "text": "Тот, кто э́то сде́лал.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
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        [
          "who",
          "who"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) who"
      ],
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        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kto]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-кто.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xto]",
      "note": "South-European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, nonstandard"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
  "word": "кто"
}

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