начин

Bulgarian

Etymology

Deverbal of начи́ня (načínja, “to accomplish”). Diachronically, inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat͡ʃin]

Noun

на́чин • (náčin) m

1. way, method, approach

   по то́зи на́чин ― po tózi náčin ― in this way

   ня́ма на́чин! ― njáma náčin! ― no way!

2. (linguistics) manner

Declension

Declension of на́чин

	singular	plural
indefinite	на́чин náčin	на́чини náčini
definite (subject form)	на́чинът náčinǎt	на́чините náčinite
definite (object form)	на́чина náčina
count form	—	на́чина náčina

Related terms

• чин (čin, “rank”)

References

• “начин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “начин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́чинъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 248
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “начин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 574

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat͡ʃin]

Noun

начин • (način) m (relational adjective начински)

1. way, manner, method
2. mood (grammar)

Declension

Declension of начин

	singular	plural
indefinite	начин (način)	начини (načini)
definite unspecified	начинот (načinot)	начините (načinite)
definite proximal	начинов (načinov)	начиниве (načinive)
definite distal	начинон (načinon)	начинине (načinine)
vocative	начину (načinu)	начини (načini)
count form	—	начина (načina)

Mongolian

Etymology

From an unknown source, possibly via Proto-Common Turkic *lāčïn (“falcon”); compare Azerbaijani laçın, Turkmen laçyn and Uyghur لاچىن (lachin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑˈt͡ɕin/

Noun

начин • (način) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ (način))

1. falcon

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎːt͡ʃin/
• Hyphenation: на‧чин

Noun

на́чин m (Latin spelling náčin)

1. way, method, approach, manner

Declension

Declension of начин

	singular	plural
nominative	начин	начини
genitive	начина	начина
dative	начину	начинима
accusative	начин	начине
vocative	начине	начини
locative	начину	начинима
instrumental	начином	начинима

Further reading

• “начин”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025