From *čisti, *čьtǫ + *-ati . Compare with Latgalian skaiteit , Latvian skaitīt , Lithuanian skaityti , Samogitian skaitītė .
*čitati impf [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
to count ( determine the total number of )
Synonym: *ličiti
to divine
to read ( to interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention )
to pay attention , to pay heed , to notice , to perceive , to comprehend , to understand
to honour , to worship , to esteem , to respect
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
—
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: читати ( čitati )
Old Novgorodian: цитати ( citati )
South Slavic:
West Slavic:
^ 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’ ”
^ Sławski, Franciszek , editor (1976 ), “čisti ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary ] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 206
^ 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
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “чита́ть ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress