ቻይ
Amharic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
- Hyphenation: ቻይ
Noun
ቻይ • (čay) m or f by sense
Declension
| 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) | |
| 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
- alternative form of ሻይ (šay)
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ቻይ (čay) |
| definite subject | ቻዩ (čayu) |
| definite object | ቻዩን (čayun) |
| general object | ቻይን (čayən) |
| 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