начало

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Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

Noun

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

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

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Derived terms

References

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

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -alɔ
  • Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn нача́ло (načálo), from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

Noun

начало (načalon (related adjective начални)

  1. principle (the basis, the foundation from which everything that is originates, the starting point)
    Near-synonym: принцип (princip)
Declension
Declension of начало
singular plural
nominative начало (načalo) начала (načala)
genitive начала (načala) началох (načalox)
dative началу (načalu) началом (načalom)
accusative начало (načalo) начала (načala)
instrumental началом (načalom) началами (načalami)
locative началє (načalje) началох (načalox)
vocative начало (načalo) начала (načala)
Derived terms
adverbs
nouns

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

начало (načalo)

  1. inflection of начац (načac):
    1. neuter singular l-participle
    2. neuter singular past indicative

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-.

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Noun

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
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

на́чало (náčalo)

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

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