ቻይ

Amharic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
  • Hyphenation: ቻይ

Noun

ቻይ (čay) m or f

  1. patient
  2. endurer
Usage notes
  • The gender of ቻይ depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either male patient (masculine) or female patient (feminine) depending on the context. If the natural gender is unknown, the masculine gender is used.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaj/
  • Hyphenation: ቻይ

Noun

ቻይ (čay) m

  1. Alternative form of ሻይ (šay)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990), “ቻይ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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