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начало

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, an instrumental noun of *načęti (to initiate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫo]
  • Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

Noun

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нача́ло (načálon (relational adjective нача́лен)

  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 начала́na dobrovólni načaláon a voluntary basis

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References

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  • начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “начало”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 572

Russian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]
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Noun

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нача́ло (načálon inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л, relational adjective нача́льный)

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

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Verb

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на́чало (náčalo)

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

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

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Noun

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нача́ло (načálon inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)

  1. (dated or poetic) beginning, start
    Synonym: (standard term) поча́ток (počátok)

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