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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/načęti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European * h₂nō+*k(e)n-. Equivalent to *na- +‎ *čęti.

Verb

*načę̀ti pf[1][2][3]

  1. to begin

Conjugation
Conjugation of *načęti, *načę, *načьnetь (perf., -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*načętьje *načęti *načętъ *načęlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *načętъ —
Active *načьnъ —
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *načęsъ*načę*načę *načьnǫ*načьneši*načьnetь
Dual *načęsově*načęsta*načęste *načьnevě*načьneta*načьnete
Plural *načęsomъ*načęste*načęsę *načьnemъ*načьnete*načьnǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular ——— —*načьni*načьni
Dual ——— *načьněvě*načьněta—
Plural ——— *načьněmъ*načьněte—
    Notes:
  • In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Derived terms
  • *načędlo
  • *načędlьnikъ
  • *načędlьnъ
  • *načępъlkъ
  • *načętelь
  • *načętъkъ
  • *načętьje
  • *načinati

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: начѧти (načęti), начати (načati)
      • Old Ruthenian: нача́ти (načáti)
        • Ukrainian: нача́ти (načáty)
        • Belarusian: нача́ць (načácʹ)
      • Russian: нача́ть (načátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: načieti
      • Czech: načít
    • Polabian: nocǫl
    • Old Polish: nacząć
    • Slovak: načať
    • Slovincian: naczic
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: načeć
      • Lower Sorbian: naceś

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*načęti, *načьnǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 226

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*načę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 345: “v. ‘begin’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “-čęti: -čьnǫ -čьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 247, 251; PR 136)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “začẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*čę́ti, sed. *čь̏nǫ”
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