читать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čitati.

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Verb

чита́ть (čitátʹimpf (perfective прочита́ть or почита́ть or проче́сть, verbal noun чте́ние)

  1. to read
    чита́ть про себя́čitátʹ pro sebjáto read silently, to read to oneself
    чита́ть ме́жду стро́кčitátʹ méždu strókto read between the lines
    чита́ть без запи́нкиčitátʹ bez zapínkito read off, to run off
    чита́ть запо́емčitátʹ zapójemto read avidly
    чита́ть мы́слиčitátʹ mýslito read minds
    чита́ть вслухčitátʹ vsluxto read aloud
    не зна́ет, а чита́ть сади́тся (saying)ne znájet, a čitátʹ sadítsjalearn to speak before you sing (literally, “he/she doesn’t know but to sit for reading”)
    не всё чита́й, ино́е пропуска́й (proverb)ne vsjo čitáj, inóje propuskájdo not read everything (aloud), skip some
    не мно́го чита́й, да мно́го разуме́й (proverb)ne mnógo čitáj, da mnógo razuméjthere is no need to read a lot, but to understand a lot
  2. to recite
    чита́ть наизу́стьčitátʹ naizústʹto recite by heart
  3. (intransitive) to lecture, to give a lecture, to deliver a lecture
    чита́ть ле́кцииčitátʹ lékciito lecture
  4. to teach
    чита́ть курсčitátʹ kursto give a course
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to tell, to say (for the purpose of a lesson)
    чита́ть нота́цииčitátʹ notáciito jaw
    чита́ть мора́льčitátʹ morálʹto moralize
  6. to pronounce, to deliver
    чита́ть моли́твыčitátʹ molítvyto say one’s prayers
    чита́ть про́поведьčitátʹ própovedʹto preach
    чита́ть рэпčitátʹ rɛpto flow
  7. (figuratively) to understand, to interpret, to decipher
    чита́ть чертежи́čitátʹ čertežíto interpret drawings
    чита́ть ка́ртуčitátʹ kártuto read a map

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