чий

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic чии (čii), from Proto-Slavic *čьjь.

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чий • (čij) m (interrogative)

1. whose (in direct or indirect questions)

   Чия́ кола́ е та́зи?

   Čijá kolá e tázi?

   Whose car is this?

   Знам чия́ дъщеря́ е това́.

   Znam čijá dǎšterjá e tová.

   I know whose daughter this is.

• чи́йто (číjto, “whose (as a relative pronoun)”)

• “чий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чий”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From Common Turkic *čïy, *čïy-ïk (“wet, soaking, moist; dew; moisture; raw”). Cognate with Southern Altai чий (čiy).

чий • (çiy)

1. raw, uncooked, unbaked
2. unripe, green
3. crude, unworked
4. damp, moist

чий • (çiy)

1. (thick) soured milk, sour clotted milk

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “чий”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьjь. Cognate with Polish czyj and Slovak čí.

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• Rhymes: -ij
• Hyphenation: чий

чий (čij) m

1. (interrogative) whose

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “чий”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “whose”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 376

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чий

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• чій (čij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Chagatai چیغ (çığ), related to Persian جفت (jaft).

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чий • (čij) m inan (genitive чи́я, nominative plural чи́и, genitive plural чи́ев, relational adjective чи́евый)

1. Achnatherum, especially the Jiji grass Achnatherum splendens
2. a mat of stiff grass traditional to cover the framework of a Kyrgyz, Kazakh etc. yurt

From Common Turkic *čïy, *čïy-ïk (“wet, soaking, moist; dew; moisture; raw”). Cognate with Kumyk чий (çiy).

чий • (čiy)

1. damp, moist
2. raw

• N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чий”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Proto-Slavic *čьjь.

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чий • (čyj) m

1. (interrogative) whose
2. (relative) whose

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “чий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)