начало

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Russian

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

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]
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Noun

нача́ло (načálon inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)

  1. beginning, commencement, onset, start
    в нача́ле 80-х годо́вv načále 80-x godóvin the early 1980s
  2. source, origin
  3. (plural) principles, basis, basics
  4. command, authority
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

на́чало (náčalo)

  1. neuter singular past indicative perfective of нача́ть (načátʹ)