начало
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Etymology 1
From Old East Slavic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo. Synchronically analyzable as нача́ть (načátʹ) + -ло (-lo), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), whence English recent and ceno-.
Pronunciation
Noun
нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)
- beginning, commencement, onset, start
- source, origin
- (plural) principles, basis, basics
- command, authority
Declension
Declension of нача́ло (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
- осно́ва (osnóva)
- почи́н (počín)
- руково́дство (rukovódstvo)
- старт (start)
Related terms
- нача́льник (načálʹnik)
- нача́льный (načálʹnyj)
- нача́ть (načátʹ)
- начина́ние (načinánije)
- начина́ть (načinátʹ)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
на́чало • (náčalo)
- neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)
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