начало
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, from the Proto-Slavic verb *načęti. Analyzable as наче́на (načéna, “to start, begin”) + -ло (-lo).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
нача́ло • (načálo) n
- beginning, start
- source, origin
- (usually in the plural) principle, rule
- по нача́ло ― po načálo ― as a rule
- element, quality, essential feature
- (plural only) basis
- на доброво́лни начала́ ― na dobrovólni načalá ― on a voluntary basis
Declension edit
Declension of нача́ло
Derived terms edit
- нача́лен (načálen)
- нача́лник (načálnik), нача́лничка (načálnička)
- нача́лство (načálstvo)
References edit
Russian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo. By surface analysis, нача́ть (načátʹ) + -ло (-lo), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), whence English recent and ceno-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л, relational adjective нача́льный)
- beginning, commencement, onset, start
- source, origin
- (in the plural) principles, basis, basics
- command, authority
Declension edit
Declension of нача́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
Pre-reform declension of нача́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms edit
- осно́ва (osnóva)
- почи́н (počín)
- руково́дство (rukovódstvo)
- старт (start)
Related terms edit
- нача́льник (načálʹnik)
- нача́льный (načálʹnyj)
- нача́ть (načátʹ)
- начина́ние (načinánije)
- начина́ть (načinátʹ)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
на́чало • (náčalo)
- neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)