начать
/[nɐˈt͡ɕætʲ]/
Russianverb
Definitions
- 1.to begin, to start, to commence
Synonyms & related words
Related words (4)
- нача́ло
- нача́льный
- нача́ться
- начина́ться
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic начѧти (načęti), from Proto-Slavic *načęti. By surface analysis, на- (na-) + -чать (-čatʹ), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), whence English recent and ceno-.
Forms
- нача́тьcanonical • perfective
- načátʹromanization
- начина́тьimperfective
- нача́тиеnoun-from-verb
- нача́тьinfinitive • perfective
- -active • participle • present
- нача́вшийactive • participle • past
- -participle • passive • present
- на́чатыйparticiple • passive • past
- -adverbial • participle • present
- нача́вadverbial • participle • past
- нача́вшиadverbial • participle • past
- -first-person • present • singular
- начну́first-person • future • singular
- -present • second-person • singular
- начнёшьfuture • second-person • singular
- -present • singular • third-person
- начнётfuture • singular • third-person
- -first-person • plural • present
- начнёмfirst-person • future • plural
- -plural • present • second-person
- начнётеfuture • plural • second-person
- -plural • present • third-person
- начну́тfuture • plural • third-person
- начни́imperative • second-person • singular
- начни́теimperative • plural • second-person
- на́чалmasculine • past • singular
- на́чалиmasculine • past • plural
- начала́feminine • past • singular
- на́чалиfeminine • past • plural
- на́чалоneuter • past • singular
- на́чалиneuter • past • plural
- нача́тьdated • infinitive • perfective
- -active • dated • participle • present
- нача́вшійactive • dated • participle • past
- -dated • participle • passive • present
- на́чатыйdated • participle • passive • past
- -adverbial • dated • participle • present
- нача́въadverbial • dated • participle • past
- нача́вшиadverbial • dated • participle • past
- -dated • first-person • present • singular
- начну́dated • first-person • future • singular
- -dated • present • second-person • singular
- начнёшьdated • future • second-person • singular
- -dated • present • singular • third-person
- начнётъdated • future • singular • third-person
- -dated • first-person • plural • present
- начнёмъdated • first-person • future • plural
- -dated • plural • present • second-person
- начнётеdated • future • plural • second-person
- -dated • plural • present • third-person
- начну́тъdated • future • plural • third-person
- начни́dated • imperative • second-person • singular
- начни́теdated • imperative • plural • second-person
- на́чалъdated • masculine • past • singular
- на́чалиdated • masculine • past • plural
- начала́dated • feminine • past • singular
- на́чалиdated • feminine • past • plural
- на́чалоdated • neuter • past • singular
- на́чалиdated • neuter • past • plural
Conjugation
Infinitive:нача́ть, нача́ть
| I | -, - |
| you (sg) | -, - |
| he/she/it | -, - |
| we | -, - |
| you (pl) | -, - |
| they | -, - |
I
-, -
you (sg)
-, -
he/she/it
-, -
we
-, -
you (pl)
-, -
they
-, -
Other Forms
present active:-, -, -, -
past active:нача́вший, нача́в, нача́вши, нача́вшій, нача́въ, нача́вши
present passive:-, -
past passive:на́чатый, на́чатый