чей

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Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Turkic (compare Turkish çay), from Chinese (chá).

Noun[edit]

чей (čej) (plural чейсем) 

  1. tea

Erzya[edit]

Чей.

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Akin to Moksha шяй (šäj).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

чей (čej)

  1. sedge
  2. swamp
  3. moor
    Synonyms: нупоньчей (nupońčej), чеядавкс (čejadavks)

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References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чей”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьjь.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕej]
  • (file)

Pronoun[edit]

чей (čejm (interrogative)

  1. (interrogative pronoun) whose
    Чей э́то дом?Čej éto dom?Whose house is this?
    Чья э́то кни́га?Čʹja éto kníga?Whose book is this?
    Чьи э́то де́ньги?Čʹi éto dénʹgi?Whose money is this?
    Чьё э́то пальто́?Čʹjo éto palʹtó?Whose overcoat is this?
    Э́то чьё? Я зна́ю, чьё э́то.Éto čʹjo? Ja znáju, čʹjo éto.Whose is this? I know whose it is.
    Чью кни́гу вы взя́ли?Čʹju knígu vy vzjáli?Whose book did you take?
    С чьей бума́гой он идёт?S čʹjej bumágoj on idjót?Whose paper is he going with?
  2. (relative pronoun) whose
    Студе́нта, чью кни́гу вы нашли́, ещё нет до́ма.
    Studénta, čʹju knígu vy našlí, ješčó net dóma.
    The student whose book you found is not home yet.
  3. (indefinite pronoun) anyone's

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