-чинать

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Etymology

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From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-čьn- (cf. first singular *-čьnǫ of *-čęti) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

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Combining form

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-чина́ть (-činátʹimpf (perfective -ча́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of -чать (-čatʹ, to begin).
    нача́ть pf (načátʹ)начина́ть impf (načinátʹ)
    поча́ть pf (počátʹ)почина́ть impf (počinátʹ)

Conjugation

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See also

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