дещо

From де́- (dé-) +‎ що (ščo).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛʃt͡ʃɔ]

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• Hyphenation: де‧що

де́що • (déščo) n

1. something or stuff, often insignificant, unimportant, or unknown. Can also signify something intentionally undisclosed in some situations.

   Synonym: щось (ščosʹ)

• With prepositions, де́що (déščo) is split into де (de) and що (ščo), with the preposition in between: де з чим (de z čym, “with something”), де в чо́му (de v čómu, “in something”), де про що (de pro ščo, “about something”) and so on.

де́що • (déščo) (no comparative)

1. somewhat, slightly

   Я де́що розгу́блений. ― Ja déščo rozhúblenyj. ― I am somewhat perplexed.

   Вони́ де́що заціка́влені. ― Voný déščo zacikávleni. ― They are somewhat interested.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дещо”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “дещо”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “дещо”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “дещо”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “дещо”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “дещо”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)