ቻይ

Amharic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ቻይ • (čaym or f by sense

  1. patient
  2. endurer
Declension
Definiteness forms of ቻይ
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 • (čaym

  1. alternative form of ሻይ (šay)
Declension
Definiteness forms of ቻይ
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