# чий
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃij]

### Determiner

чий • (čij) m (interrogative)
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* чи́йто (číjto, “whose (as a relative pronoun)”)

#### Related 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 Proto-Common Turkic *čïy, *čïy-ïk (“wet, soaking, moist; dew; moisture; raw”). Cognate with Southern Altai чий (čiy).

### Adjective

чий • (çiy)
* raw, uncooked, unbaked
* unripe, green
* crude, unworked
* damp, moist

### Noun

чий • (çiy)
* (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

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьjь. Cognate with Polish czyj and Slovak čí.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃij]
* Rhymes: -ij
* Hyphenation: чий

### Pronoun

чий (čij) m
* (interrogative) whose

#### Derived terms

* дачий (dačij)
* нїчий (njičij)
* чийшик (čijšik)

### Further reading

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “чий”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “whose”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 376

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* чій (čij) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ɕij]

### Noun

чий • (čij) m inan (genitive чи́я, nominative plural чи́и, genitive plural чи́ев, relational adjective чи́евый)
* Achnatherum, especially the Jiji grass Achnatherum splendens
* a mat of stiff grass traditional to cover the framework of a Kyrgyz, Kazakh etc. yurt

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

## Southern Altai
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

чий • (čiy)
* damp, moist
* raw
* uncooked

### Noun

чий • (čiy)
* dew

### Further reading

* N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “чий”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
* Radloff, Friedrich Wilhelm (1893–1911) Опыт словаря тюркских наречий – Versuch eines Wörterbuches der Türk-Dialecte [Attempt at a Lexicon of the Turkic Dialects] (overall work in German and Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, columns 2105, 2106, 2107

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьjь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡ʃɪi̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

чий • (čyj) m
* (interrogative) whose
* (relative) whose

#### Derived terms

* нічи́й (ničýj)
* чийсь (čyjsʹ)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “чий”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)