From Proto-Indo-European * h₂nō+*k(e)n-. Equivalent to *na- + *čęti.
*načę̀ti pf[1][2][3]
- to begin
Conjugation of
*načęti, *načę, *načьnetь (
perf.,
-V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*načętьje
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*načęti
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*načętъ
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*načęlъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*načętъ
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—
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Active
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*načьnъ
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—
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*načęsъ |
*načę |
*načę
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*načьnǫ |
*načьneši |
*načьnetь
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Dual
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*načęsově |
*načęsta |
*načęste
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*načьnevě |
*načьneta |
*načьnete
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Plural
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*načęsomъ |
*načęste |
*načęsę
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*načьnemъ |
*načьnete |
*načьnǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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— |
— |
—
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— |
*načьni |
*načьni
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Dual
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— |
— |
—
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*načьněvě |
*načьněta |
—
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Plural
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— |
— |
—
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*načьněmъ |
*načьněte |
—
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Notes: - In perfective verbs, present expresses future
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načęti, *načьnǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 226
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*načę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 345: “v. ‘begin’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “-čęti: -čьnǫ -čьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 247, 251; PR 136)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “začẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*čę́ti, sed. *čь̏nǫ”