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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 +‎ *-ati.

Cognate with Latgalian skaiteit, Latvian skaitīt, Lithuanian skaityti, Samogitian skaitītė.

Verb

*čitati impf [1]

  1. to read
  2. to count

Conjugation
Conjugation of *čitati (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
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 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *čitaaxъ*čitaaše*čitaaše —*čitaji*čitaji
Dual *čitaaxově*čitaašeta*čitaašete *čitajivě*čitajita—
Plural *čitaaxomъ*čitaašete*čitaaxǫ *čitajimъ*čitajite—

Derived terms
  • *počitati (“to honour”)
  • *začitati (“to accept, to respect”)
  • *sъčitati (“to regard, to consider”)
  • *jьzčitati (“to read over”)
  • *perčitati (“to re-read”)
  • *čitateľь (“reader”)
  • *čitařь (“professional reader”)
  • *čitadlo (“reading instrument”)
  • *čitаlъkа (“reading room”)
  • *čitаlišče (“lyceum”)

Descendants

Further reading

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’”
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