začeti

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎt͡ʃeːti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧če‧ti

Verb

zàčēti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀че̄ти)

  1. (transitive) to conceive (become pregnant)
  2. (transitive) to conceive (develop an idea)
  3. (transitive, archaic) to start, begin, commence
  4. (reflexive) to become, develop

Conjugation

Further reading

  • začeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *začęti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zat͡ʃèːti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧čé‧ti

Verb

začẹ́ti pf (imperfective začénjati)

  1. to begin, to start
    Antonym: nẹ̑hati

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive začẹ́ti
1st singular začnȅm
infinitive začẹ́ti začẹ̑t, začȅt
supine začẹ̑t, začȅt
verbal noun
participle converb
present
past začẹ̑t začẹ̑nši
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular začẹ̑ł začẹ̄la začẹ̑lo
dual začẹ̑la začẹ̑li začẹ̑li
plural začẹ̑li začẹ̑le začẹ̑la
present imperative
1st singular začnȅm
2nd singular začnȅš začnȉ
3rd singular začnȅ
1st dual začnéva začnȋva
2nd dual začnéta začnȋta
3rd dual začnéta
1st plural začnémo začnȋmo
2nd plural začnéte začnȋte
3rd plural začnéjo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • začeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024