Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitavъ

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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 *čitъ +‎ *-avъ, possibly related to Proto-Slavic *cělъ (whole) and less likely to Proto-Slavic *čisti (to read, to count). In some dialects (e.g. Bulgarian), the outcome of *čitavъ has become partially synonymous with the outcome of *čistъ (clean, pure).

Adjective

*čitavъ

  1. whole, intact
  2. total, net

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: чи́тавий (čýtavyj, strong, great) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: чи́тав (čítav, wholesome, whole, intact; dial. pure)
    • Macedonian: читав (čitav, whole, intact)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чи̏тав (whole, total, overall)
      Latin script: čȉtav (whole, total, overall)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čitavъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 123