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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitavъ

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

  • *čitavostь (“integrity”)

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
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