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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

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕætʲ]
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Verb

нача́ть (načátʹ) pf (imperfective начина́ть, verbal noun нача́тие)

  1. to begin, to start, to commence

Conjugation

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