начало

Borrowed from Russian нача́ло (načálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *načędlo, an instrumental noun of *načęti (“to initiate”).

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈt͡ʃa̟ɫo]
• Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

нача́ло • (načálo) n (relational adjective нача́лен)

1. beginning, start
2. source, origin
3. (usually in the plural) principle, rule

   по нача́ло ― po načálo ― as a rule

4. element, quality, essential feature
5. (plural only) basis

   на доброво́лни начала́ ― na dobrovólni načalá ― on a voluntary basis

• наче́ло (načélo) — obsolete, inherited pronunciation

• нача́лник m (načálnik), нача́лничка f (načálnička) (agent nouns)
• нача́лство (načálstvo)

• “начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “начало”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “начало”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 572

• IPA^(key): [naˈt͡ʃalɔ]
• Rhymes: -alɔ
• Hyphenation: на‧ча‧ло

Borrowed from Carpathian Rusyn нача́ло (načálo), from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

начало (načalo) n (related adjective начални)

1. principle (the basis, the foundation from which everything that is originates, the starting point)

   Near-synonym: принцип (princip)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “начало”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “principle”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 224

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

начало (načalo)

1. inflection of начац (načac):
   1. neuter singular l-participle
   2. neuter singular past indicative

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo. By surface analysis, нача́ть (načátʹ) +‎ -ло (-lo), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”), whence English recent and ceno-.

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]

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нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л, relational adjective нача́льный)

1. beginning, commencement, onset, start

   Antonym: коне́ц (konéc)

   в нача́ле 80-х годо́в ― v načále 80-x godóv ― in the early 1980s

2. source, origin
3. (in the plural) principles, basis, basics
4. command, authority

• осно́ва (osnóva)
• почи́н (počín)
• руково́дство (rukovódstvo)
• старт (start)

• нача́льник (načálʹnik)
• нача́льный (načálʹnyj)
• нача́ть (načátʹ)
• начина́ние (načinánije)
• начина́ть (načinátʹ)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat͡ɕɪɫə]

на́чало • (náčalo)

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

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic начѧло (načęlo), from Proto-Slavic *načędlo.

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈt͡ʃaɫɔ]

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нача́ло • (načálo) n inan (genitive нача́ла, nominative plural нача́ла, genitive plural нача́л)

1. (dated or poetic) beginning, start

   Synonym: (standard term) поча́ток (počátok)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “начало”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka