čaj
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Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Cognates include Russian чай (čaj).
Pronunciation
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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “čaj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “čaj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “čaj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Upper Sorbian čaj, from Turkish çay, from Chinese 茶 (chá).
Pronunciation
Noun
čaj m inan
Declension
Declension of čaj
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
Noun
čȁj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏ј)
Declension
Declension of čaj
Derived terms
Further reading
- “čaj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
čaj m inan (related adjective čajový)
Declension
Declension of čaj
Derived terms
References
- “čaj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian čȁj, replacing tẹ́ (which is now dialectal).
Pronunciation
Noun
čȃj m inan
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| 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
- “čaj”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Welsh Romani
Noun
čaj f
Derived terms
References
- “čaj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.