спочатку

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak spočiatku, spočátku. By surface analysis, univerbation of з (z) +‎ початку (počatku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spɔˈt͡ʃatku]
• Rhymes: -atku
• Hyphenation: спо‧чат‧ку

Adverb

спочатку (spočatku)

1. at first

   Synonyms: перше (perše), спредз (spredz)

2. originally

   Synonyms: первисно (pervisno), першобутно (peršobutno)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “спочатку”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Ukrainian

Etymology

Univerbation of з (z, “from”) +‎ поча́тку (počátku), genitive singular case of поча́ток (počátok, “beginning, start”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spɔˈt͡ʃatkʊ]

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Adverb

споча́тку • (spočátku)

1. first, at first, initially, in the first instance (before something else)

   Synonym: спе́ршу (spéršu)

2. afresh, anew, over again, from the top

   Synonyms: зно́ву (znóvu), на́ново (nánovo)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “спочатку”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka