начало

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, from the Proto-Slavic verb *načęti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫo]

Noun

нача́ло (načálo) n

  1. beginning, start
  2. source, origin
  3. (usually in the plural) principle, rule
    по нача́лоpo načáloas a rule
  4. element, quality, essential feature
  5. (plural only) basis
    на доброво́лни нача́лаna dobrovólni načálaon a voluntary basis

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • начало in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • начало in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Russian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo. Synchronically analyzable as нача́ть (načátʹ) + -ло (-lo), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (new, fresh), whence English recent and ceno-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]
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Noun

нача́ло (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)

  1. beginning, commencement, onset, start
    в нача́ле 80-х годо́вv načále 80-x godóvin the early 1980s
  2. source, origin
  3. (plural) principles, basis, basics
  4. command, authority
Declension
Synonyms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnat͡ɕɪɫə]

Verb

на́чало (náčalo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)
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