Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
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Verb
почѧти • (počęti) ?
- to begin
Conjugation
Conjugation of почѧти (class IA1, transitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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почѧти
počęti
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почѧтъ
počętŭ
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почѧтьѥ
počętĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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почьнꙑ
počĭny
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почьнъ
počĭnŭ
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| passive
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почьномъ
počĭnomŭ
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почѧтъ
počętŭ
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| l-participle
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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| singular
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почѧлъ
počęlŭ
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почѧло
počęlo
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почѧла
počęla
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| dual
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почѧла
počęla
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почѧлѣ
počęlě
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почѧлѣ
počęlě
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| plural
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почѧли
počęli
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почѧла
počęla
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почѧлꙑ
počęly
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present
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imperfect
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imperative
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| singular
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1st
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почьнѫ
počĭnǫ
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почьнѣахъ
počĭněaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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почьнеши
počĭneši
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почьнѣаше
počĭněaše
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почьни
počĭni
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| 3rd
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почьнетъ
počĭnetŭ
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почьнѣаше
počĭněaše
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почьни
počĭni
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| dual
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1st
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почьневѣ
počĭnevě
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почьнѣаховѣ
počĭněaxově
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почьнѣве
počĭněve
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| 2nd
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почьнета
počĭneta
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почьнѣашета
počĭněašeta
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почьнѣта
počĭněta
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| 3rd
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почьнете, почьнета
počĭnete, počĭneta
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почьнѣашете, почьнѣашета
počĭněašete, počĭněašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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почьнемъ
počĭnemŭ
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почьнѣахомъ
počĭněaxomŭ
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почьнѣмъ
počĭněmŭ
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| 2nd
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почьнете
počĭnete
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почьнѣашете
počĭněašete
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почьнѣте
počĭněte
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| 3rd
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почьнѫтъ
počĭnǫtŭ
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почьнѣахѫ
počĭněaxǫ
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—
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s-aorist6
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| singular
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1st
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почѧхъ, почѧсъ
počęxŭ, počęsŭ
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| 2nd
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почѧ(тъ)
počę(tŭ)
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| 3rd
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почѧ(тъ)
počę(tŭ)
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| dual
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1st
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почѧховѣ, почѧсовѣ
počęxově, počęsově
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| 2nd
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почѧста
počęsta
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| 3rd
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почѧсте, почѧста
počęste, počęsta
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| plural
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1st
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почѧхомъ, почѧсомъ
počęxomŭ, počęsomŭ
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| 2nd
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почѧсте
počęste
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| 3rd
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почѧшѧ, почѧсѧ
počęšę, počęsę
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| compound forms
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of почѧти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → почѧлъ ѥстъ
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of почѧти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → почѧлъ бѣ/бѣаше
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| future
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Use the infinitive of почѧти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ почѧти
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| future perfect2, 4
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Use the l-participle of почѧти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → почѧлъ бѫдетъ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of почѧти and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → почѧлъ би/бꙑ
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1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Third-person only.
4 Attested only in a few instances.
5 The dual forms are unattested.
6 Also called a sigmatic aorist.