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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European * h₂nō+*k(e)n-. Equivalent to *na- + *čęti.
Verb
*načę̀ti pf[1][2][3]
- to begin
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*načęti, *načę, *načьnetь (
perf.,
-V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *načętьje
|
*načęti
|
*načętъ
|
*načęlъ
|
|
|
Participles
|
| Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
| Passive
|
*načętъ
|
—
|
| Active
|
*načьnъ
|
—
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*načęsъ |
*načę |
*načę
|
*načьnǫ |
*načьneši |
*načьnetь
|
| Dual
|
*načęsově |
*načęsta |
*načęste
|
*načьnevě |
*načьneta |
*načьnete
|
| Plural
|
*načęsomъ |
*načęste |
*načęsę
|
*načьnemъ |
*načьnete |
*načьnǫtь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
— |
— |
—
|
— |
*načьni |
*načьni
|
| Dual
|
— |
— |
—
|
*načьněvě |
*načьněta |
—
|
| Plural
|
— |
— |
—
|
*načьněmъ |
*načьněte |
—
|
Notes: - In perfective verbs, present expresses future
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načęti, *načьnǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 226
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*načę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345: “v. ‘begin’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “-čęti: -čьnǫ -čьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 247, 251; PR 136)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “začẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*čę́ti, sed. *čь̏nǫ”
