чай
nounmasculineinanimate
Meanings
- five o'clock teaчаепитие
- teaчаепитие
- teaнапиток
- tea partyчаепитие
- tea plantрастение
- tea, tea-party, methinks, maybe
Usage notes
The partitive variant is preferred with verbs: выпить чаю, výpit' cháyu, "to have a drink of tea". The genitive variant is used more frequently when the mass noun is modified by an adjective: чашка горячего чая cháshka goryáchevo cháya, "a cup of hot tea".
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ча́й | чаи́ |
| Genitive | ча́я, ча́ю | чаёв |
| Dative | ча́ю | чая́м |
| Accusative | ча́й | чаи́ |
| Instrumental | ча́ем | чая́ми |
| Prepositional | ча́е | чая́х |
Examples
- В моём ча́е нет сахара.There's no sugar in my tea.
