начаваць
Belarusian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
ноч (noč) + -ава́ць (-avácʹ). Compare Russian ночева́ть (nočevátʹ), Ukrainian ночува́ти (nočuváty), Polish nocować.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
начава́ць • (načavácʹ) impf (perfective заначава́ць or пераначава́ць)
- to spend the night, to stay the night, to stay overnight, to sleep over, to overnight
- Antonym: днява́ць (dnjavácʹ)
- Цяпе́р яны́ начава́лі на вы́шках, над ха́тай.
- Cjapjér janý načaváli na výškax, nad xátaj.
- Now they spent the night on the towers, above the house.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of начава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, intransitive)
| imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | начава́ць načavácʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | начу́ючы načújučy |
начава́ўшы načaváŭšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
начу́ю načúju |
бу́ду начава́ць búdu načavácʹ |
| 2nd singular ты |
начу́еш načúješ |
бу́дзеш начава́ць búdzješ načavácʹ |
| 3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́ |
начу́е načúje |
бу́дзе начава́ць búdzje načavácʹ |
| 1st plural мы |
начу́ем načújem |
бу́дзем начава́ць búdzjem načavácʹ |
| 2nd plural вы |
начу́еце načújecje |
бу́дзеце начава́ць búdzjecje načavácʹ |
| 3rd plural яны́ |
начу́юць načújucʹ |
бу́дуць начава́ць búducʹ načavácʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| second-person | начу́й načúj |
начу́йце načújcje |
| past tense | singular | plural мы / вы / яны́ |
| masculine я / ты / ён |
начава́ў načaváŭ |
начава́лі načaváli |
| feminine я / ты / яна́ |
начава́ла načavála | |
| neuter яно́ |
начава́ла načavála | |
Derived terms edit
- абначава́ць (abnačavácʹ)
- начо́ўка (načóŭka, “an overnight stay”)
- пераначава́ць (pjeranačavácʹ)
- заначава́ць (zanačavácʹ)
References edit
- “начаваць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “начаваць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)