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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, from the Proto-Slavic verb *načęti. Analyzable as наче́на (načéna, “to start, begin”) + -ло (-lo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло
Noun
нача́ло • (načálo) n
- beginning, start
- source, origin
- (usually in the plural) principle, rule
- по нача́ло ― po načálo ― as a rule
- element, quality, essential feature
- (plural only) basis
- на доброво́лни начала́ ― na dobrovólni načalá ― on a voluntary basis
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References
- “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
Russian
Etymology 1
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
Noun
нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л, relational adjective нача́льный)
- beginning, commencement, onset, start
- Antonym: коне́ц (konéc)
- в нача́ле 80-х годо́в ― v načále 80-x godóv ― in the early 1980s
- source, origin
- (in the plural) principles, basis, basics
- command, authority
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
на́чало • (náčalo)
- neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *načędlo.
Pronunciation
Noun
нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)
- (dated or poetic) beginning, start
- Synonym: (standard term) поча́ток (počátok)
Declension
Declension of нача́ло (inan hard neut-form accent-a)
References