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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧти (načęti), from Proto-Slavic *načęti. By surface analysis, на- (na-) + -чать (-čatʹ), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), whence English recent and ceno-.
Pronunciation
Verb
нача́ть • (načátʹ) pf (imperfective начина́ть, verbal noun нача́тие)
Conjugation
Conjugation of нача́ть (class 14b/c① perfective transitive)
Pre-reform conjugation of нача́ть (class 14b/c① perfective transitive)
Related terms
- нача́ло n (načálo)
- нача́льный (načálʹnyj)
- нача́ться (načátʹsja)
- начина́ться (načinátʹsja)
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