Old Church Slavonic Grammar - Pronouns - Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective

Interrogative Pronoun and Adjective

Interrogative pronoun
- Masculine,
Feminine
Neuter
N kъto čьto (čь)
G kogo česo (česogo, čьso, čьsogo)
D komu česomu (čьsomu, čemu)
A kogo čьto
L komь čemь (česomь)
I cěmь čimь

The interrogative pronoun ('who?, what?') has singular-only forms, with the masculine and feminine forms syncretized. Variant forms of čьto occurring in some of the oblique cases have been listed in parentheses.

Interrogative adjective (pronoun)
- Singular Dual Plural
- Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
N kyi (ky) kaja koje (kaja) - - cii kyję kaja
G kojego kojeję (koję) kojego (kojeju) (kojeju) (kojeju) kyixъ (koixъ) kyixъ (koixъ) kyixъ (koixъ)
D kojemu kojei (koi) kojemu kyima kyima kyima kyimъ kyimъ kyimъ
A kyi kǫjǫ (kojǫ) koje (kaja) - - kyję kyję kaja
L kojemь kojei kojemь (kojeju) (kojeju) (kojeju) kyixъ kyixъ kyixъ
I kyimь kojejǫ (kojǫ) kyimь kyima kyima kyima kyimi kyimi kyimi

The interrogative adjective, sometimes also labelled as the interrogative pronoun ('which?, what sort of?'), also has some variant forms listed in parentheses.

Possessive interrogative adjective (pronoun)
- Singular Dual Plural
- Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
N čii (ky) čija čije (čija) - - čii čiję čija
G čijego čijeję (koję) čijego (čijeju) (čijeju (čijeju čiixъ (koixъ) čiixъ (koixъ) čiixъ (koixъ)
D čijemu čijei (koi) čijemu čiima čiima čiima čiimъ čiimъ čiimъ
A čii čijǫ (kojǫ) čije (čija) - - čiję čiję čija
L čijemь čijei čijemь (čijeju) (čijeju) (čijeju) čiixъ čiixъ čiixъ
I čiimь čijejǫ (kojǫ) čiimь čiima čiima čiima čiimi čiimi čiimi

The possessive interrogative adjective, sometimes also labelled as the possessive interrogative pronoun ('whose?'), follows the same declension.

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