-чинать

Russian

Etymology

From imperfective lengthening of the perfective Proto-Slavic stem *-čьn- (cf. first singular *-čьnǫ of *-čęti) + -а́ть (-átʹ). Similar lengthening accounts for the change -о--а- in imperfective derivations in -ывать (-yvatʹ) and -ивать (-ivatʹ), e.g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪˈnatʲ]

Combining form

-чина́ть (-činátʹ) impf (perfective -ча́ть)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of -чать (-čatʹ, to begin).
    нача́ть pf (načátʹ)начина́ть impf (načinátʹ)
    поча́ть pf (počátʹ)почина́ть impf (počinátʹ)

Conjugation

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