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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/načęti
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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
- *načędlo
- *načędlьnikъ
- *načędlьnъ
- *načępъlkъ
- *načętelь
- *načętъkъ
- *načętьje
- *načinati
Related terms
- *čęti (“to begin”)
- *začęti
- *zakonъ (“law, order”)
- *počęti
- *pokonъ
- *počętъ
- *počętъkъ
- *-čęti
- *konъ
- *čędo
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: начѧти (načęti), начати (načati)
- Old Ruthenian: нача́ти (načáti)
- Ukrainian: нача́ти (načáty)
- Belarusian: нача́ць (načácʹ)
- Russian: нача́ть (načátʹ)
- Old Ruthenian: нача́ти (načáti)
- Old East Slavic: начѧти (načęti), начати (načati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: начѧти (načęti)
- Bulgarian: наче́на (načéna)
- Macedonian: начне (načne)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на̀че̄ти
- Latin: nàčēti
- Slovene: načẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: načieti
- Czech: načít
- Polabian: nocǫl
- Old Polish: nacząć
- Polish: nacząć (dialectal)
- Slovak: načať
- Slovincian: nȧčïc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: načeć
- Lower Sorbian: naceś
- Old Czech: načieti
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načęti, *načьnǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 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 slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*čę́ti, sed. *čь̏nǫ”