czaj

See also: Czaj

Polish

czaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂaj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: czaj
• Homophone: Czaj

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian чай (čaj).

Noun

czaj m inan

1. (dialectal) tea (drink made from leaves of tea plant)

   Synonym: herbata

2. (prison slang) very strong tea drunk for intoxication, often with tobacco or drugs added

   Synonym: czajura

Declension

Declension of czaj

	singular
nominative	czaj
genitive	czaju
dative	czajowi
accusative	czaj
instrumental	czajem
locative	czaju
vocative	czaju

Derived terms

noun

• czajura

 

Related terms

nouns

• czajniczek
• czajnik

 

Descendants

• →? Vilamovian: ćȧj

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

czaj

1. second-person singular imperative of czaić

Further reading

• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “czaj”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna