Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/začęti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

By surface analysis, *za- +‎ *čęti.

Verb

*začęti

1. to begin
2. to conceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of *začęti, *začę, *začьnetь (?, -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*začętьje	*začęti	*začętъ	*začęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*začętъ	*začьnomъ
Active	*začьnъ	*začьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*začęsъ	*začę	*začę	*začьnǫ	*začьneši	*začьnetь
Dual	*začęsově	*začęsta	*začęste	*začьnevě	*začьneta	*začьnete
Plural	*začęsomъ	*začęste	*začęsę	*začьnemъ	*začьnete	*začьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*začьněaxъ	*začьněaše	*začьněaše	—	*začьni	*začьni
Dual	*začьněaxově	*začьněašeta	*začьněašete	*začьněvě	*začьněta	—
Plural	*začьněaxomъ	*začьněašete	*začьněaxǫ	*začьněmъ	*začьněte	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: зача́ць (začácʹ)
  • Russian: зача́ть (začátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: зача́ти (začáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: зачѧти (začęti)

  • Bulgarian: зачѐна (začèna)
  • Macedonian: зачне (začne)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̀че̄ти

    Latin script: zàčēti

  • Slovene: začẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: zaczic
  • Old Czech: začieti
    • Czech: začít
  • Old Polish: zacząć
    • Polish: zacząć
    • Silesian: zaczōńć
  • Slovak: začať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зача́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress