načeti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *načęti.

Verb

nàčēti pf (Cyrillic spelling на̀че̄ти)

  1. (intransitive, archaic, rare) to start, begin (doing something, usually speaking)
    • 1250, Povaljska listina, N.N.:
      I nače govoriti Radko kalujer: Kneže i vsi vlasteli!...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1559, Marin Držić, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      i kako oni ki se boli
      nače s plačem govoriti:
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • C18 ½, N.N., Kako planinkinja vila zavadi dva brata Jahšića:
      Među njima nađe se u planini b'jela vila,
      i nače im ovako drugami besjedovati, Jaša Dalmatin, potkralj Gudžerata:
    • 1937, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Otkidale se one sada same od sebe i bez muke iz njene uspomene, kao zrna bisera kad se đerdan načne osipavati.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive) to start using or consuming something
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to be the cause of something growing weak

Conjugation

  • nàčimati impf
  • nàčinjati impf

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *načęti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nat͡ʃèːti/

Verb

načẹ́ti pf

  1. to slice
  2. to begin

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive načẹ́ti
1st singular načnȅm
infinitive načẹ́ti načẹ̑t, načȅt
supine načẹ̑t, načȅt
verbal noun načẹ́tje
participle converb
present
past načẹ̑t
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular načẹ̑ł načẹ̄la načȇlo
dual načȇla načȇli načȇli
plural načȇli načȇle načȇla
present imperative
1st singular načnȅm
2nd singular načnȅš načnȉ
3rd singular načnȅ
1st dual načnéva načnȋva
2nd dual načnéta načnȋta
3rd dual načnéta
1st plural načnémo načnȋmo
2nd plural načnéte načnȋte
3rd plural načnéjo

Further reading

  • načeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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