почитание

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From почитати (počitati, read) +‎ -ние (-nije).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔt͡ɕiˈtɑnɪjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtɑnijɛ//pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲɪjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲijɛ//pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲijɛ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /pɔt͡ɕiˈtɑnɪjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtɑnijɛ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲɪjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲijɛ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲjɛ/, /pɔt͡ɕiˈtanʲijɛ/

  • Hyphenation: по‧чи‧та‧ни‧е

Noun

почитание (počitanijen

  1. reading
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 3:
      ни правьдникъ бес почитаниꙗ книжьнааго
      ni pravĭdnikŭ bes počitanija knižĭnaago
      nor a righteous person without a reading of the books

Declension

Declension of почитание (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative почитание
počitanije
почитании
počitanii
почитаниꙗ
počitanija
genitive почитаниꙗ
počitanija
почитанию
počitaniju
почитании
počitanii
dative почитанию
počitaniju
почитаниема
počitanijema
почитаниемъ
počitanijemŭ
accusative почитание
počitanije
почитании
počitanii
почитаниꙗ
počitanija
instrumental почитаниимь
počitaniimĭ
почитаниема
počitanijema
почитании
počitanii
locative почитании
počitanii
почитанию
počitaniju
почитаниихъ
počitaniixŭ
vocative почитание
počitanije
почитании
počitanii
почитаниꙗ
počitanija

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “почитание”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1326

Russian

Etymology

почита́ть (počitátʹ) +‎ -а́ние (-ánije)

Pronunciation

Noun

почита́ние (počitánijen inan (genitive почита́ния, uncountable)

  1. honouring/honoring, respect, esteem
  2. reverence, worship

Declension