"почему-то" meaning in Russian

See почему-то in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [pət͡ɕɪˈmu‿tə] Audio: Ru-почему-то.ogg Forms: почему́ -то [canonical], počemú-to [romanization]
Etymology: From почему́ (počemú) + -то (-to). Etymology templates: {{af|ru|почему́|-то}} почему́ (počemú) + -то (-to) Head templates: {{ru-adv|почему́-то}} почему́-то • (počemú-to)
  1. for some reason, somewhy Related terms: почему́ (počemú)
    Sense id: en-почему-то-ru-adv-qMxK-u6C Categories (other): Russian terms suffixed with -то

Download JSON data for почему-то meaning in Russian (1.3kB)

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        "2": "почему́",
        "3": "-то"
      },
      "expansion": "почему́ (počemú) + -то (-to)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From почему́ (počemú) + -то (-to).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "почему́ -то",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "počemú-to",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "почему́-то"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "parents": [],
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        "for some reason, somewhy"
      ],
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          "for some reason",
          "for some reason"
        ],
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          "somewhy",
          "somewhy"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "počemú",
          "word": "почему́"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[pət͡ɕɪˈmu‿tə]"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "почему́ -то",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "počemú-to",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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    }
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        "for some reason, somewhy"
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          "for some reason",
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          "somewhy",
          "somewhy"
        ]
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      "ipa": "[pət͡ɕɪˈmu‿tə]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/Ru-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%83-%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg/Ru-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%83-%D1%82%D0%BE.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
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  ],
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