začeti
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zàčēti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀че̄ти)
- (transitive) to conceive (become pregnant)
- (transitive) to conceive (develop an idea)
- (transitive, archaic) to start, begin, commence
- (reflexive) to become, develop
Conjugation
[edit]1 Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2 For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3 Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
4 Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
*Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.
Related terms
[edit]- zàčinjati impf
Further reading
[edit]- “začeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *začęti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]začẹ́ti pf (imperfective začénjati)
Conjugation
[edit]Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c) | ||||||
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infinitive | začẹ́ti | |||||
1st singular | začnȅm | |||||
infinitive | začẹ́ti | začẹ̑t, začȅt | ||||
supine | začẹ̑t, začȅt | |||||
verbal noun | — | |||||
participle | converb | |||||
present | — | — | ||||
past | začẹ̑t | začẹ̑nši | ||||
l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
singular | začẹ̑ł | začẹ̄la | začẹ̑lo | |||
dual | začẹ̑la | začẹ̑li | začẹ̑li | |||
plural | začẹ̑li | začẹ̑le | začẹ̑la | |||
present | imperative | |||||
1st singular | začnȅm | — | ||||
2nd singular | začnȅš | začnȉ | ||||
3rd singular | začnȅ | — | ||||
1st dual | začnéva | začnȋva | ||||
2nd dual | začnéta | začnȋta | ||||
3rd dual | začnéta | — | ||||
1st plural | začnémo | začnȋmo | ||||
2nd plural | začnéte | začnȋte | ||||
3rd plural | začnéjo | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “začeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “začeti”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian verbs
- Serbo-Croatian perfective verbs
- Serbo-Croatian transitive verbs
- Serbo-Croatian terms with archaic senses
- Serbo-Croatian reflexive verbs
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene 3-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene verbs
- Slovene perfective verbs
- Slovene verbs in sonorant + -ti -(j)em
- Slovene verbs in sonorant + -ti -(j)em (accent pattern c)