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начало

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, an instrumental noun of *načęti (to initiate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫo]
  • Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

Noun

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нача́ло (načálon (relational adjective нача́лен)

  1. beginning, start
  2. source, origin
  3. (usually in the plural) principle, rule
    по нача́лоpo načáloas a rule
  4. element, quality, essential feature
  5. (plural only) basis
    на доброво́лни начала́na dobrovólni načaláon a voluntary basis

Declension

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Declension of нача́ло
singular plural
indefinite нача́ло
načálo
начала́
načalá
definite нача́лото
načáloto
начала́та
načaláta

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “начало”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 572

Russian

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Etymology 1

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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

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  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]
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Noun

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нача́ло (načálon inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л, relational adjective нача́льный)

  1. beginning, commencement, onset, start
    Antonym: коне́ц (konéc)
    в нача́ле 80-х годо́вv načále 80-x godóvin the early 1980s
  2. source, origin
  3. (in the plural) principles, basis, basics
  4. command, authority
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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на́чало (náčalo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нача́ло (načálon inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)

  1. (dated or poetic) beginning, start
    Synonym: (standard term) поча́ток (počátok)

Declension

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Declension of нача́ло
(inan hard neut-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative нача́ло
načálo
нача́ла
načála
genitive нача́ла
načála
нача́л
načál
dative нача́лу
načálu
нача́лам
načálam
accusative нача́ло
načálo
нача́ла
načála
instrumental нача́лом
načálom
нача́лами
načálamy
locative нача́лі
načáli
нача́лах
načálax
vocative нача́ло
načálo
нача́ла
načála

References

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