Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čitъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Balto-Slavic *keiˀtas, cognate with Lithuanian kíetas (hard, rigid), Latvian ciêts (solid), Albanian citë (full).

Adjective[edit]

*čitъ

  1. integral, perfect
  2. sober

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: чы́ты (čýty, sober) (dialectal)
    • Russian: чи́тый (čítyj, sober) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čitъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 124