Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitati

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 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

Conjugation of *čitati, *čita, *čitajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*čitanьje *čitati *čitatъ *čitalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *čitanъ *čitajemъ
Active *čitavъ *čitaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *čitaxъ *čita *čita *čitajǫ *čitaješi *čitajetь
Dual *čitaxově *čitasta *čitaste *čitajevě *čitajeta *čitajete
Plural *čitaxomъ *čitaste *čitašę *čitajemъ *čitajete *čitajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *čitaaxъ *čitaaše *čitaaše — *čitaji *čitaji
Dual *čitaaxově *čitaašeta *čitaašete *čitajivě *čitajita —
Plural *čitaaxomъ *čitaašete *čitaaxǫ *čitajimъ *čitajite —

Derived terms

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, page 90: “v. ‘read, count’”
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “čisti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 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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