чат

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa̟t]
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English chat, introduced with the spread of the Internet in the 21st century.

Noun

чат • (čat) m

1. chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time)

Declension

Declension of чат

	singular	plural
indefinite	чат čat	ча́тове čátove
definite (subject form)	ча́тът čátǎt	ча́товете čátovete
definite (object form)	ча́та čáta
count form	—	ча́та čáta

Etymology 2

Interjection

чат • (čat)

1. (onomatopoeia) bang! (sound of knocking, hewing, shooting)

References

• “чат”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: чад (čad)

Noun

чат • (čat) m

1. (nonstandard, colloquial) chat (online correspondence)

Declension

Declension of чат

	singular	plural
indefinite	чат	чатови
definite unspecified	чатот	чатовите
definite proximal	чатов	чатовиве
definite distal	чатон	чатовине
vocative	чату	чатови
count form	—	чата

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English chat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: чад (čad)
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

чат • (čat) m inan (genitive ча́та, nominative plural ча́ты, genitive plural ча́тов, diminutive ча́тик)

1. (Internet) chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time)

Declension

Declension of чат (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ча́т čát	ча́ты čáty
genitive	ча́та čáta	ча́тов čátov
dative	ча́ту čátu	ча́там čátam
accusative	ча́т čát	ча́ты čáty
instrumental	ча́том čátom	ча́тами čátami
prepositional	ча́те čáte	ча́тах čátax

Related terms

• ча́титься (čátitʹsja)

Descendants

• → Armenian: չատ (čʻat)