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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕætʲ]
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Verb

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нача́ть (načátʹpf (imperfective начина́ть, verbal noun нача́тие)

  1. to begin, to start, to commence

Conjugation

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