чьсти

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čisti.

Verb

чьсти • (čĭstipf

  1. to read
    • Luke 10:26, from Codex Assemanius, 3102600-3102610:
      о́нъ же рече къ немꙋ · въ законѣ чьто пісано е́стъ · како чьтеші ·
      ónŭ že reče kŭ nemu · vŭ zakoně čĭto pisano éstŭ · kako čĭteši ·
      He replied: What is written in the Law? How do you read it?
  2. to count
  3. to honour
    • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), “чьте”, in Codex Suprasliensis[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 268, line 11:
      и҅ видѣвъшоу е҅линъскѫѭ̑ о҅бь҆дръжѧщѫѭ̑ прѣль҆сть · начѧ о̑учити градъскꙑѩ҆ мѫжѧ глагол҄ѧ · ꙗ҅ко бози не сѫтъ ѩ҅же вꙑ мните и҅ имате и҅ чь҆те нъ коумири не могѫщии҆ вамъ помощи ·
      hi viděvŭšhu elinŭskǫjhǫ̑ obĭdrŭžęštǫjǫ̑ prělĭstĭ · načę ȏučiti gradŭskyję mǫžę glagolʹję · jhako bozi ne sǫtŭ jhęže vy mnithe i imathe i čĭte nŭ kumiri ne mogǫštii vamŭ pomošti ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Present tense of чьсти
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
чьтѫ (čĭtǫ) чьтеши (čĭteši) чьтетъ (čĭtetŭ) чьтевѣ (čĭtevě) чьтета (čĭteta) чьтете (čĭtete) чьтемъ (čĭtemŭ) чьтете (čĭtete) чьтѫтъ (čĭtǫtŭ)

Derived terms

References

  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[2], София
  • чьсти”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čьsti, *čisti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic чьсти (čĭsti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪsti//ˈt͡ɕɪstʲi//ˈt͡ɕɛstʲi/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪsti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɪstʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛstʲi/

  • Hyphenation: чь‧сти

Verb

чьсти (čĭstiimpf

  1. (transitive) to read
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[3], page 2:
      ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
      jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
      when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: че́сти (čésti)
  • Russian: честь (čestʹ)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “чисти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[4] (in Russian), volume, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences