-чать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čęti (first singular *čьnǫ). Cognate with Sanskrit कनीन (kanī́na, young), कना (kanā́, girl), Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, new), Latin (re)cēns (recent).

Pronunciation

Combining form

-ча́ть (-čátʹpf (imperfective -чина́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form perfective verbs with the approximate meaning "to begin".

Conjugation

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “начать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress