ቻይ

Amharic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
• Hyphenation: ቻይ

Noun

ቻይ • (čay) m or f by sense

1. patient
2. endurer

Declension

Definiteness forms of ቻይ (čay)

	Masculine	Feminine
Indefinite	ቻይ (čay)
Definite subject	ቻዩ (čayu)	ቻዯ (čayʷa) ቻዪቱ (čayitu) ቻዪቷ (čayitʷa)
Definite object	ቻዩን (čayun)	ቻዯን (čayʷan) ቻዪቱን (čayitun) ቻዪቷን (čayitʷan)
General object	ቻይን (čayən)

Possessive forms of ቻይ (čay)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ቻዬ (čaye)	ቻያችን (čayaččən)	—
Second person	m	ቻይህ (čayəh)	ቻያችሁ (čayaččəhu)	ቻይዎ (čaywo)
	f	ቻይሽ (čayəš)
Third person	m	ቻዩ (čayu)	ቻያቸው (čayaččäw)
	f	ቻዯ (čayʷa)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
• Hyphenation: ቻይ

Noun

ቻይ • (čay) m

1. Alternative form of ሻይ (šay)

Declension

Definiteness forms of ቻይ (čay)

	Masculine
Indefinite	ቻይ (čay)
Definite subject	ቻዩ (čayu)
Definite object	ቻዩን (čayun)
General object	ቻይን (čayən)

Possessive forms of ቻይ (čay)

		Singular	Plural	Formal
First person		ቻዬ (čaye)	ቻያችን (čayaččən)	—
Second person	m	ቻይህ (čayəh)	ቻያችሁ (čayaččəhu)	ቻይዎ (čaywo)
	f	ቻይሽ (čayəš)
Third person	m	ቻዩ (čayu)	ቻያቸው (čayaččäw)
	f	ቻዯ (čayʷa)

References

• Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ቻይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN