rozpoczynać
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /rɔs.pɔˈt͡ʂɨ.nat͡ɕ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /rɔs.pɔˈt͡ʂɨ.nat͡ɕ/
Audio 1, rozpoczynać: (file) Audio 2, rozpoczynać się: (file) - Rhymes: -ɨnat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: roz‧po‧czy‧nać
Verb
editrozpoczynać impf (perfective rozpocząć)
- (transitive) to start, to begin (to do something previously not done) [with infinitive ‘to do what’] (proscribed)
- (transitive) to begin (to do something as the first of a series of actions) [with instrumental ‘with what’; or with od (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
- Synonym: zaczynać
- (transitive) to start, to begin (to be the first element of something)
- (intransitive) to begin, to start (to take on a particular profession) [with jako (+ nominative) ‘as what’]
- Synonym: zaczynać
- (transitive) to begin (to open and start using something previously unused)
- Synonyms: napoczynać, zaczynać
- (intransitive) to begin (to say something at first and continue speaking afterwards) [with o (+ locative) ‘about what’]
- Synonym: zaczynać
- (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of events, etc., to have a beginning; to be initiated)
- Synonym: zaczynać się
- Antonym: kończyć się
- (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of places, etc., to have an edge; to be first seen somewhere)
- Synonym: zaczynać się
- Antonym: kończyć się
- (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (of periods, etc., to have the initial phase and continue to last)
- Synonyms: nastawać, zaczynać się
- (reflexive with się) to start, to begin (to be the first of a collection of events) [with instrumental or z (+ instrumental) ‘with what’; or with od (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
- Synonym: zaczynać się
Conjugation
editFurther reading
edit- rozpoczynać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rozpoczynać in Polish dictionaries at PWN