-читать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-čьt- (cf. first singular *čьtǫ of *čisti) + -а́ть (-átʹ); compare честь (čestʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о- → -а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪˈtatʲ]

Combining form

-чита́ть • (-čitátʹ) impf (perfective -че́сть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of честь (čestʹ, “to read, to consider, originally also to count”).
    предпоче́сть pf (predpočéstʹ) → предпочита́ть impf (predpočitátʹ)
    вы́честь pf (výčestʹ) → вычита́ть impf (vyčitátʹ)

Conjugation

See also

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