çift

See also: cift

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چفت (çift), from Persian جفت (joft).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃift]

Noun

çift m (plural çifte, definite çifti, definite plural çiftet)

1. pair, couple (a set of two things)
2. couple (two people who are romantically linked)

Declension

Declension of çift

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	çift	çifti	çifte	çiftet
accusative		çiftin
dative	çifti	çiftit	çifteve	çifteve
ablative			çiftesh

Further reading

• “çift”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چفت (çift), from Persian جفت (joft).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃift]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: çift

Noun

çift (definite accusative çifti, plural çiftler)

1. pair
2. mate, one member of a pair
3. married couple
4. pair of animals (consisting of a male and female)
5. team (of two animals)
6. (mathematics) even number

   Antonym: tek

Declension

Declension of çift

singular plural nominative çift çiftler definite accusative çifti çiftleri dative çifte çiftlere locative çiftte çiftlerde ablative çiftten çiftlerden genitive çiftin çiftlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular çiftim çiftlerim 2nd singular çiftin çiftlerin 3rd singular çifti çiftleri 1st plural çiftimiz çiftlerimiz 2nd plural çiftiniz çiftleriniz 3rd plural çiftleri çiftleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular çiftimi çiftlerimi 2nd singular çiftini çiftlerini 3rd singular çiftini çiftlerini 1st plural çiftimizi çiftlerimizi 2nd plural çiftinizi çiftlerinizi 3rd plural çiftlerini çiftlerini dative singular plural 1st singular çiftime çiftlerime 2nd singular çiftine çiftlerine 3rd singular çiftine çiftlerine 1st plural çiftimize çiftlerimize 2nd plural çiftinize çiftlerinize 3rd plural çiftlerine çiftlerine locative singular plural 1st singular çiftimde çiftlerimde 2nd singular çiftinde çiftlerinde 3rd singular çiftinde çiftlerinde 1st plural çiftimizde çiftlerimizde 2nd plural çiftinizde çiftlerinizde 3rd plural çiftlerinde çiftlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular çiftimden çiftlerimden 2nd singular çiftinden çiftlerinden 3rd singular çiftinden çiftlerinden 1st plural çiftimizden çiftlerimizden 2nd plural çiftinizden çiftlerinizden 3rd plural çiftlerinden çiftlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular çiftimin çiftlerimin 2nd singular çiftinin çiftlerinin 3rd singular çiftinin çiftlerinin 1st plural çiftimizin çiftlerimizin 2nd plural çiftinizin çiftlerinizin 3rd plural çiftlerinin çiftlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular çiftim çiftlerim 2nd singular çiftsin çiftlersin 3rd singular çift çifttir çiftler çiftlerdir 1st plural çiftiz çiftleriz 2nd plural çiftsiniz çiftlersiniz 3rd plural çiftler çiftlerdir

Derived terms

• çiftçi