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  What it means

  “To give rise to / to be the origin of.” To be the starting point or cause of something — to initiate or originate something.

  Vocabulary

  • dawać — to give (imperfective)
  • początek — beginning, start, origin

  Grammar note

  'Początek' is accusative of 'początek'. 'Dawać początek czemuś' — to give rise to something (dative).

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