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каковы́

  • 1.

    what ... like, what kind of, how

    Каковы́ результа́ты ана́лиза?

    What are the test results?

    Short-form plural of «каков»; used predicatively, mainly in questions about the state or quality of things.

  • 2.

    whatever, whatever ... may be

    Каковы́ бы ни были причи́ны, надо де́йствовать.

    Whatever the reasons may be, we have to act.

    Common in the pattern «каковы бы ни были ...».

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