"почему" meaning in Russian

See почему in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [pət͡ɕɪˈmu] Audio: Ru-почему.ogg Forms: почему́ [canonical], počemú [romanization]
Etymology: Univerbation of the preposition по (po, “according to”) + чему́ (čemú), dative singular of что (što). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|ru}} Univerbation, {{m|ru|по|t=according to}} по (po, “according to”), {{m|ru|чему́}} чему́ (čemú), {{m|ru|что}} что (što) Head templates: {{ru-adv|почему́}} почему́ • (počemú)
  1. (interrogative) why (due to what, on what grounds) Tags: interrogative
    Sense id: en-почему-ru-adv-CAsNmT9a Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian univerbations Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian univerbations: 50 50
  2. (indicative) why (due to what, on what grounds) Tags: indicative
    Sense id: en-почему-ru-adv-CAsNmT9a1 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian univerbations Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Russian univerbations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: поч (poč) (english: youth slang), Internet Related terms: почему́-то (počemú-to), отчего́ (otčevó), заче́м (začém)

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      "expansion": "Univerbation",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Why do you say this?",
          "roman": "Počemú vy govoríte éto?",
          "text": "Почему́ вы говори́те э́то?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why does he wish to see me?",
          "roman": "Počemú on želájet vídetʹ menjá?",
          "text": "Почему́ он жела́ет ви́деть меня́?",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "I don't know why the phone isn't working.",
          "roman": "Ja ne znáju, počemú telefón ne rabótajet.",
          "text": "Я не зна́ю, почему́ телефо́н не рабо́тает.",
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        "(indicative) why (due to what, on what grounds)"
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      "ipa": "[pət͡ɕɪˈmu]"
    },
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      "homophone": "по чему́ (po čemú)"
    },
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      "roman": "poč",
      "word": "поч"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Internet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "почему"
}
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      "roman": "otčevó",
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          "english": "Why do you say this?",
          "roman": "Počemú vy govoríte éto?",
          "text": "Почему́ вы говори́те э́то?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why does he wish to see me?",
          "roman": "Počemú on želájet vídetʹ menjá?",
          "text": "Почему́ он жела́ет ви́деть меня́?",
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          "english": "I don't know why the phone isn't working.",
          "roman": "Ja ne znáju, počemú telefón ne rabótajet.",
          "text": "Я не зна́ю, почему́ телефо́н не рабо́тает.",
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        "(indicative) why (due to what, on what grounds)"
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      "ipa": "[pət͡ɕɪˈmu]"
    },
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      "homophone": "по чему́ (po čemú)"
    },
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    {
      "english": "youth slang",
      "roman": "poč",
      "word": "поч"
    },
    {
      "word": "Internet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "почему"
}

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