чай

noun, masculine, inanimate

Often used word (top 800)

Translation

tea
Also: tea-party, methinks, maybe

Usage info

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".

Examples

В моём ча́е нет сахара.There's no sugar in my tea.

Declension

Note: Stress change.

	singular	plural
nom.nominative	ча́й	чаи́
gen.genitive	ча́я ча́ю	чаёв
dat.dative	ча́ю	чая́м
acc.accusative	ча́й	чаи́
inst.instrumental	ча́ем	чая́ми
prep.prepositional	ча́е	чая́х