считать

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Russian

Etymology 1

с- (s-) +‎ -чита́ть (-čitátʹ)

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счита́ть (sčitátʹimpf (perfective счесть or посчита́ть or сосчита́ть, verbal noun счита́ние)

  1. to calculate
  2. to count
    счита́я в том числе́sčitája v tom čisléincluding (literally, “counting in that number”)
    • 1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть II Глава XVII”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      — Так что же? счита́ть ка́ждое де́рево?
      — Непреме́нно счита́ть. А вот ты не счита́л, а Ряби́нин счита́л. У дете́й Ряби́нина бу́дут сре́дства к жи́зни и образова́нию, а у твои́х, пожа́луй, не бу́дет!
      — Tak što že? sčitátʹ káždoje dérevo?
      — Nepreménno sčitátʹ. A vot ty ne sčitál, a Rjabínin sčitál. U detéj Rjabínina búdut srédstva k žízni i obrazovániju, a u tvoíx, požáluj, ne búdet!
      "Well, what should I have done? Counted every tree?"
      "Of course, they must be counted. You didn't count them, but Ryabinin did. Ryabinin's children will have means of livelihood and education, while yours maybe will not!"
  3. to think, to opine, to consider
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Etymology 2

с- (s-) +‎ чита́ть (čitátʹ)

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счита́ть (sčitátʹpf (imperfective счи́тывать)

  1. to read off, to sense, to compare, to check
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