чи

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Avar

Noun

чи • (či)

  1. man

See also

Dungan

Etymology 1

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 汽 (qì)

Pronunciation

Noun

чи • (či) (III)

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Etymology 2

Cognate of Mandarin Chinese 氣／气 (qì)

Pronunciation

Noun

чи • (či) (I)

  1. gas

Erzya

Чись.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kəči~*kičə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kečä (“circle, ring”). Cognates include Moksha ши (ši, “sun, day, weather”), Finnish kehä (“circle, ring”), Eastern Mari кече (keče, “sun, day”), Komi-Zyrian киш (kiš, “ring, halo”), archaic Hungarian kégy.

The *kəči > *či shift possibly influenced by *ve (“night”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

чи • (či)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: чипай (čipaj)
    чись пиди ― čiś piďi ― the sun is blazing
  2. day
    тундонь чи ― tundoń či ― a spring day

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “чи”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • “päike”, in Eesti-ersa sõnaraamat‎, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, 2019
  • Entry #275 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ci.

Pronoun

чи • (çi)

  1. you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) (singular)

See also

Kalmyk personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person reflexive
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive singular singular polite plural plural polite regular from бий (biy, “body”)
nominative би (bi) мадн (madn) бидн (bidn) чи (çi) та (ta) тадн (tadn) таанр (taanr) эврән (evrän), эврәннь (evrännʹ) бийнь (biynʹ)
oblique нам (nam) ма (ma) бид (bid) чи (çi) та (ta) тадн (tadn) таанр (taanr) эврә (evrä) бийнь (biynʹ)
genitive мини (mini) мана (mana) биднә (bidnä) чини (çini) тана (tana) тадна (tadna) таанрин (taanrin) эврә (evrä) бийин (biyin)
dative намд (namd), нанд (nand) манд (mand) биднд (bidnd) чамд (çamd) танд (tand) таднд (tadnd) таанрт (taanrt) эврәд (evräd) бийд (biyd)
accusative намаг (namag), нама (nama), нәмәг (nämäg) мадниг (madnig), маниг (manig) бидниг (bidnig) чамаг (çamag) таниг (tanig) тадниг (tadnig) таанриг (taanrig) эврәг (evräg) бийинь (biyinʹ), бийән (biyän)
instrumental намар (namar), нанар (nanar) маднар (madnar), манар (manar) биднәр (bidnär) чамар (çamar) танар (tanar) таднар (tadnar) таанрар (taanrar) эврәһәр (evräğär) бийәрн (biyärn)
comitative намла (namla), нанла (nanla) маднла (madnla), манла (manla) биднлә (bidnlä) чамла (çamla) танла (tanla) таднла (tadnla) таанрла (taanrla) эврәлә (evrälä) бийлә (biylä)
associative намта (namta), нанта (nanta) маднта (madnta), манта (manta) биднтә (bidntä) чамта (çamta) танта (tanta) таднта (tadnta) таанрта (taanrta) эврәтә (evrätä) бийтә (biytä)
ablative намас (namas), нанас (nanas) маднас (madnas), манас (manas) биднәс (bidnäs) чамас (çamas) танас (tanas) таднас (tadnas) таанрас (taanras) эврәһәс (evräğäs) бийәсн (biyäsn)
directive намур (namur), нанур (nanur) маднур (madnur), манур (manur) биднүр (bidnür) чамур (çamur) танур (tanur) таднур (tadnur) таанрур (taanrur) эврәһүр (evräğür) бийүрн (biyürn)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠴᠢ (či), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠢ (či), from Proto-Mongolic *ci. Cognate with Dongxiang chi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

чи • (či) (Mongolian spelling ᠴᠢ (či))

  1. (informal) you (subject pronoun: the person being addressed)

Declension

    Declension of чи
 
nominative чи (či)
oblique чам (čam)
possessive determiner чиний (činii)
possessive pronoun чинийх (činiix)
possessive particle чинь (činʹ)
dative-locative чамд (čamd)
accusative чамайг (čamajg)
ablative чамаас (čamaas)
instrumental чамаар (čamaar)
comitative чамтай (čamtaj)
directional чам руу (čam ruu)

See also

Mongolian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person би (bi) бид (bid)
2nd person familiar чи (či) та нар (ta nar), таануус (taanuus)
polite та (ta)
3rd person тэр (ter) (over there) тэд (ted), тэд нар (ted nar); (over here) эд (ed), эд нар (ed nar)

Nivkh

Etymology

Possibly akin to Mongolic *ci, compare Mongolian чи (či) and Tungusic *si, compare Nanai си (si).

Pronoun

чи (ț’i)

  1. you, thou

Ossetian

Etymology

From Middle Persian kē.

Pronoun

чи • (ḱi)

  1. who

Declension

Declension of чи
singular plural
nominative чи читæ
genitive кæй кæйты
dative кæмæн кæмæнты
allative кæмæ кæмæты
ablative кæмæй кæмæйты
inessive кæм кæмыты
adessive кæуыл кæуылты
equative кæйау кæимæты
comitative кæимæ чемæ

Tabasaran

Etymology

Akin to Udi хунчи (χunči).

Noun

чи • (či)

  1. sister

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian чи (či), from Old East Slavic чи (či), from Proto-Slavic *či, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-／*kʷe-.

Pronunciation

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Particle

чи • (čy)

  1. interrogative particle: introduces a question
  2. if, whether

Conjunction

чи • (čy)

  1. or

Synonyms

Further reading

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