Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish zacząć.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

zaczōńć pf (imperfective zaczynać)

  1. (transitive) to start, to begin [+ ôd (genitive) = with what]
    • 2017, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Grzegorz Kulik, transl., Godniŏ pieśń [A Christmas Carol]‎[1], 1 edition, Opole: Silesia Progress, →ISBN, page 11:
      Marley bōł umarty, ôd tego trza zaczōńć.
      Marley was dead, that's what we ought to start with.
  2. (reflexive with sie) to start, to begin (to have one's beginnings)

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit