çay
/tʃaj/
1. tea (the drink) — Before another noun it means tea or for tea: çay qaşıq "teaspoon", çay stakan "tea glass".
- çay içerge — to drink tea
- issi çay içeyik! — let's drink hot tea!
- qalın çay — strong tea
- şeker çay — tea with sugar
- stakan çay — a glass of tea
- çay qaşıq — a teaspoon
- Qalmuq çay — Kalmyk tea
- çaynı içib boşab — having finished drinking the tea
- çaynı mardası üç — the norm for tea is three [cups]
2. tea leaves, dry tea
- kök çay — green tea
3. tea plant, tea bush — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 also gives çay hans for the plant. one source
- kofe terekle, çay bitedile — coffee trees and tea grow
- çay hans — the tea plant
Expressions
- çaynı çaynab içgenley — clumsy and ignorant
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | çaythe tea | çayımmy tea | çayıŋyour tea | çayıhis tea | çayıbızour tea | çayığızyou all's tea | çaylarıtheir tea |
| Genitive | çaynıthe tea's | çayımımy tea's | çayıŋıyour tea's | çayınıhis tea's | çayıbıznıour tea's | çayığıznıyou all's tea's | çaylarınıtheir tea's |
| Accusative | çaynıthe tea (as the object) | çayımımy tea (as the object) | çayıŋıyour tea (as the object) | çayınhis tea (as the object) | çayıbıznıour tea (as the object) | çayığıznıyou all's tea (as the object) | çaylarıntheir tea (as the object) |
| Dative | çayğato the tea | çayımato my tea | çayıŋato your tea | çayınato his tea | çayıbızğato our tea | çayığızğato you all's tea | çaylarınato their tea |
| Locative | çaydain / at the tea | çayımdain / at my tea | çayıŋdain / at your tea | çayındain / at his tea | çayıbızdain / at our tea | çayığızdain / at you all's tea | çaylarındain / at their tea |
| Ablative | çaydanfrom the tea | çayımdanfrom my tea | çayıŋdanfrom your tea | çayındanfrom his tea | çayıbızdanfrom our tea | çayığızdanfrom you all's tea | çaylarındanfrom their tea |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.