ща

See also: шта, щя, ша, and -ша

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic хътѣти (xŭtěti), from Proto-Slavic *xъtěti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃtɤ]

Verb

ща • (šta) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to want, to like
  2. (auxiliary) used with the present indicative tense to form various future tenses
    Щяха да пишат.
    Štjaha da pišat.
    They were going to write/would write/would have written.
    Щели да пишат.
    Šteli da pišat.
    They reportedly will write/are going to write/would write/were going to write.
    Using the renarrative.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ще (šte) (originally an inflected form of this verb)

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ща (šča).

Pronunciation

Noun

ща • (šča)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Щ / щ.

See also

Russian

Etymology

From ща < сча < счас < сейчас, combination of /с/ and /ч/ reads as /щ/ [ɕ].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕːa]
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Noun

ща • (ščan inan (indeclinable)

  1. The Cyrillic letter Щ, щ.

Adverb

ща • (šča)

  1. contraction of сейча́с (sejčás, now)

Interjection

ща • (šča)

  1. (colloquial) hold on, one sec, wait
    Synonyms: погоди́ (pogodí), пого́дь (pogódʹ), подожди́ (podoždí)
    Ша-ща-ща-ща, секу́ндочку, щас, погоди́.Ša-šča-šča-šča, sekúndočku, ščas, pogodí.Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, one second, hold on, wait.