čaj
See also: càj and çaj
Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Sinitic 茶. Cognates include Russian чай (čaj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃaj/
Noun
čaj m inan
- tea (the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis)
- kup sáčkový čaj ― buy a tea bag
- tea (the drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water)
- pila čaj ― she drank tea
- tea (a variety of the tea plant)
- zelený čaj ― green tea
- tea (by extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants)
- bylinkový čaj ― herbal tea
- mátový čaj ― peppermint tea
- heřmánkový čaj ― chamomile tea
Declension
Declension of čaj
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čaj | čaje |
| genitive | čaje | čajů |
| dative | čaji | čajům |
| accusative | čaj | čaje |
| vocative | čaji | čaje |
| locative | čaji | čajích |
| instrumental | čajem | čaji |
Derived terms
- čajový
- čajovník
- čajovna
- čajník
- čajíček
Further reading
- čaj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- čaj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Upper Sorbian čaj, from Turkish çay, from Chinese 茶 (chá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaj/
Noun
čaj m
- (literary) tea
Declension
Declension of čaj
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | čaj | čaja | čaje |
| Genitive | čaja | čajowu | čajow |
| Dative | čajoju | čajoma | čajam |
| Accusative | čaj | čaja | čaje |
| Instrumental | čajom | čajoma | čajami |
| Locative | čaju | čajoma | čajach |
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “čaj”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چای (çay).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃâj/
Noun
čȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏ј)
- tea
Declension
Declension of čaj
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čaj | čajevi |
| genitive | čaja | čajeva |
| dative | čaju | čajevima |
| accusative | čaj | čajeve |
| vocative | čaju | čajevi |
| locative | čaju | čajevima |
| instrumental | čajem | čajevima |
Derived terms
- zeleni čaj
Slovak
Etymology
From Russian чай (čaj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
Noun
čaj m (genitive singular čaju, nominative plural čaje, genitive plural čajov, declension pattern of dub)
- tea
Declension
Declension of čaj
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čaj | čaje |
| genitive | čaju | čajov |
| dative | čaju | čajom |
| accusative | čaj | čaje |
| locative | čaji | čajoch |
| instrumental | čajom | čajmi |
Derived terms
- čajový
- čajík, čajíček
References
- čaj in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian čȁj, replacing tẹ́ (which is now dialectal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃáːj/
Noun
čȃj m inan
- tea
Inflection
| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | čáj | ||
| gen. sing. | čája | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | čáj | čája | čáji |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | čája | čájev | čájev |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | čáju | čájema | čájem |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | čáj | čája | čáje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | čáju | čájih | čájih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | čájem | čájema | čáji |
Further reading
- “čaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Welsh Romani
Etymology
From Romani ćhaj.
Noun
čaj f
- female child, daughter, girl (only gypsies and gentlewomen)
Derived terms
- bibiaki čaj
- bita čaj
- derini čaj
- došimaski čaj
- krališeski čaj
- kåkeski čaj
- kåle-čornengi čaj
- kålikani čaj
- phaleski čaj
- pheňaki čaj
- phureder čaj
- romani čaj
- stifi čaj
- tarneder čaj
- tarni čaj
- čajengo
- čaveski čaj
References
- “čaj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.