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Top 500verb, imperfective

начина́ть

[nət͡ɕɪˈnatʲ]to begin, to start

Frequency rank #404 About 1 in every 4,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
начинать #404

Meaning

  1. to begin, to start

Examples

Не начина́й!

Don't start!

Related

Forms by frequency

  • начина́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,080
  • начина́юsingular, 1st person, present#2,350
  • начина́тьinfinitive#2,666
  • начина́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#2,792
  • начина́емplural, 1st person, present#2,992
  • начина́ютplural, 3rd person, present#3,942
  • начина́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#4,428
  • начина́яpresent, gerund#5,081
  • начина́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#5,703
  • начина́лmasculine, singular, past#9,134
  • начина́лиplural, past#11,812
  • начина́етеplural, 2nd person, present#14,258
  • начина́лаfeminine, singular, past#17,607
  • начина́ющийpresent, participle#48,077

and 5 more forms

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