спочатку
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Ukrainian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of з (z, “from”) + поча́тку (počátku), genitive singular case of поча́ток (počátok, “beginning, start”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
споча́тку • (spočátku)
- first, at first, initially, in the first instance (before something else)
- Synonym: спе́ршу (spéršu)
- afresh, anew, over again, from the top
Further reading[edit]
- 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