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Top 500noun, neuter

нача́ло

[nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]beginning, commencement, onset, start

Frequency rank #450 About 1 in every 4,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
начало #450

Meaning

  1. beginning, commencement, onset, start
  2. source, origin
  3. principles, basis, basics

Examples

в нача́ле 80-х годо́в

in the early 1980s

Related

Forms by frequency

  • нача́лаnominative, plural#690
  • нача́лgenitive, plural#950
  • нача́лоnominative, singular#1,750
  • нача́леprepositional, singular#3,649
  • нача́ломinstrumental, singular#8,203
  • нача́луdative, singular#12,848
  • нача́ламdative, plural
  • нача́ламиinstrumental, plural
  • нача́лахprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeнача́лонача́ла
Genitiveнача́ланача́л
Dativeнача́лунача́лам
Accusativeнача́лонача́ла
Instrumentalнача́ломнача́лами
Prepositionalнача́ленача́лах

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