пачатак

Belarusian

Etymology

Cognate with Polish początek, Ukrainian поча́ток (počátok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈt͡ʂatak]

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Noun

пача́так • (pačátak) m inan (genitive пача́тку, nominative plural пача́ткі, genitive plural пача́ткаў)

1. beginning, commencement

Declension

Declension of пача́так (inan velar masc-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пача́так pačátak	пача́ткі pačátki
genitive	пача́тку pačátku	пача́ткаў pačátkaŭ
dative	пача́тку pačátku	пача́ткам pačátkam
accusative	пача́так pačátak	пача́ткі pačátki
instrumental	пача́ткам pačátkam	пача́ткамі pačátkami
locative	пача́тку pačátku	пача́тках pačátkax
count form	—	пача́ткі1 pačátki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “пачатак” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org