начаваць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• načavać, naczawać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

ноч (noč) +‎ -ава́ць (-avácʹ). Compare Russian ночева́ть (nočevátʹ), Ukrainian ночува́ти (nočuváty), Polish nocować.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nat͡ʂaˈvat͡sʲ]

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Verb

начава́ць • (načavácʹ) impf (perfective заначава́ць or пераначава́ць)

1. to spend the night, to stay the night, to stay overnight, to sleep over, to overnight

   Antonym: днява́ць (dnjavácʹ)

   Цяпе́р яны́ начава́лі на вы́шках, над ха́тай.

   Cjapjér janý načaváli na výškax, nad xátaj.

   Now they spent the night on the towers, above the house.

Conjugation

Conjugation of начава́ць (class 2a, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	начава́ць načavácʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	начу́ючы načújučy	начава́ўшы načaváŭšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	начу́ю načúju	бу́ду начава́ць búdu načavácʹ
2nd singular ты	начу́еш načúješ	бу́дзеш начава́ць búdzješ načavácʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	начу́е načúje	бу́дзе начава́ць búdzje načavácʹ
1st plural мы	начу́ем načújem	бу́дзем начава́ць búdzjem načavácʹ
2nd plural вы	начу́еце načújecje	бу́дзеце начава́ць búdzjecje načavácʹ
3rd plural яны́	начу́юць načújucʹ	бу́дуць начава́ць búducʹ načavácʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	начу́й načúj	начу́йце načújcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	начава́ў načaváŭ	начава́лі načaváli
feminine я / ты / яна́	начава́ла načavála
neuter яно́	начава́ла načavála

Derived terms

• абначава́ць (abnačavácʹ)
• начо́ўка (načóŭka, “an overnight stay”)
• пераначава́ць (pjeranačavácʹ)
• заначава́ць (zanačavácʹ)

References

• “начаваць” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “начаваць”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)