Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish zacząć.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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zaczōńć pf (imperfective zaczynać)

  1. (transitive) to start, to begin [with 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

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