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  1. July 11th, 2016, 01:10 PM #1
    grafrich
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    Sure, but isnt почитать also imperfective, with perfectives почесть or почтить?
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    Quote Originally Posted by grafrich View Post
    Sure, but isnt почитать also imperfective, with perfectives почесть or почтить?
    It is a homonym. It has nothing to do with почитать 'to read for a while'.
    Although they are etymologically related (I guess), it makes little sense to treat them as related in the modern language. (As well as считать, учитывать and so on)
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