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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *čisti, *čьtǫ + *-ati. Compare with Latgalian skaiteit, Latvian skaitīt, Lithuanian skaityti, Samogitian skaitītė.

Verb

*čitati impf[1][2][3]

  1. to count (determine the total number of)
    Synonym: *ličiti
  2. to divine
  3. to read (to interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention)
  4. to pay attention, to pay heed, to notice, to perceive, to comprehend, to understand
  5. to honour, to worship, to esteem, to respect

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *počitati (to honour)
  • *začitati (to accept, to respect)
  • *sъčitati (to regard, to consider)
  • *jьzčitati (to read over)
  • *perčitati (to re-read)
  • *čitateľь (reader)
  • *čitařь (professional reader)
  • *čitadlo (reading instrument)
  • *čitаlъkа (reading room)
  • *čitаlišče (lyceum)

Descendants

  • Non-Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čitati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 90:v. ‘read, count’
  2. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “čisti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 206
  3. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čitati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 123

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чита́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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