читалище

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čitаlišče. By surface analysis, чи́там (čítam, “to read, to account”) (dialectal, colloquial) +‎ -алище (-alište).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈtaliʃtɛ]

Noun

чита́лище • (čitálište) n (relational adjective чита́лищен)

  1. cultural club, lyceum
    наро́дно чита́лище ― naródno čitálište ― community center

Declension
Declension of чита́лище
singular plural
indefinite чита́лище
čitálište		 чита́лища
čitálišta
definite чита́лището
čitálišteto		 чита́лищата
čitálištata

References
  • “читалище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “читалище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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