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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech počátek, from Proto-Slavic *počętъkъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian početak.
Pronunciation
Noun
počátek m inan
- origin (of a coordinate system)
- beginning
- Synonym: začátek
- na počátku ― at the beginning
- od samého počátku ― from the very beginning
Declension
Declension of počátek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
Further reading
- “počátek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “počátek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “počátek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)