чий

See also: чиј

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃij]

Determiner

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.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Kumyk

Etymology

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

Adjective

чий • (çiy)

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

Noun

чий • (çiy)

  1. (thick) soured milk, sour clotted milk

Declension

Further reading

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

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕij]

Noun

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

Declension

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

Adjective

чий • (čiy)

  1. damp, moist
  2. raw

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьjь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪi̯]
  • (file)

Pronoun

чий • (čyj) m

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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