чета

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *čisti. Colloquially and dialectally, the doublet читам (čitam) is used from *čitati, usually with an implicit intensive nuance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛˈtə/

Verb

1. to read

Alternative forms

• читам (čitam) (dialectal)

Related terms

• читател (čitatel)
• читалня (čitalnja)
• читалище (čitalište)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *četa. Usually refers to para-military troops which initially fought against various criminal bands - kırca adli (field criminals), dağlı adli (mountain criminals), etc. - and later participated in uprisings against the Ottoman rule over the Balkans.

Noun

чѐта • (čèta) f

1. military unit, troop

   Synonyms: свод (svod), отряд (otrjad), полк (polk)

Derived terms

• четник (četnik, “member of četa, chetnik”)
• четнишки (četniški) (adj.)

References

• “чета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *četa.

Noun

чета • (četa) f

1. troop, squad

Inflection

Declension of чета

	singular	plural
indefinite	чета	чети
definite unspecified	четата	четите
definite proximal	четава	четиве
definite distal	четана	четине
vocative	чето	чети

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Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic чета (četa, “troop, multitude, community”), from Proto-Slavic *četa, akin to Czech četa (“platoon, squad”), Serbo-Croatian чета, Bulgarian чета (četa), possibly Latin caterva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪˈta]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Чита́ (Čitá)

Noun

чета́ • (četá) f inan (genitive четы́, nominative plural четы́, genitive plural чет)

1. couple, pair
2. match

   не чета́ ― ne četá ― no match (for someone)

Declension

Declension of чета́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чета́ četá	четы́ četý
genitive	четы́ četý	че́т čét
dative	чете́ četé	чета́м četám
accusative	чету́ četú	четы́ četý
instrumental	чето́й, чето́ю četój, četóju	чета́ми četámi
prepositional	чете́ četé	чета́х četáx

Related terms

• чётный (čótnyj), нечётный (nečótnyj)
• сочета́ние (sočetánije)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *četa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃêta/
• Hyphenation: че‧та

Noun

че̏та f (Latin spelling čȅta)

1. troop, squad, host

Declension

Declension of чета

	singular	plural
nominative	чета	чете
genitive	чете	че̑та̄
dative	чети	четама
accusative	чету	чете
vocative	чето	чете
locative	чети	четама
instrumental	четом	четама