Wiktionary

ቻይ

Amharic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ቻይ • (čay) m or f by sense

  1. patient
  2. endurer
Declension edit
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 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ቻይ • (čay) m

  1. Alternative form of ሻይ (šay)
Declension edit
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 edit

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