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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak spočiatku, spočátku. By surface analysis, univerbation of з (z) + початку (počatku).
Pronunciation
Adverb
спочатку (spočatku)
- at first
- Synonyms: перше (perše), спредз (spredz)
- originally
- Synonyms: первисно (pervisno), першобутно (peršobutno)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “спочатку”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Ukrainian
Etymology
Univerbation of з (z, “from”) + поча́тку (počátku), genitive singular case of поча́ток (počátok, “beginning, start”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
споча́тку • (spočátku)
- first, at first, initially, in the first instance (before something else)
- Synonym: спе́ршу (spéršu)
- afresh, anew, over again, from the top
- Synonyms: зно́ву (znóvu), на́ново (nánovo)
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