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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pravьda
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *pravъ plus an unclear suffix *-ьda.
Noun
*pra̋vьda f[1][2]
- truth
- justice
- Synonym: *pravyni
- Antonym: *krivьda
Declension
Declension of *pravьda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *pravьda | *pravьdě | *pravьdy |
Accusative | *pravьdǫ | *pravьdě | *pravьdy |
Genitive | *pravьdy | *pravьdu | *pravьdъ |
Locative | *pravьdě | *pravьdu | *pravьdasъ, *pravьdaxъ* |
Dative | *pravьdě | *pravьdama | *pravьdamъ |
Instrumental | *pravьdojǫ, *pravьdǭ** | *pravьdama | *pravьdamī |
Vocative | *pravьdo | *pravьdě | *pravьdy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *opravьdati (“to justify, to give justice”)
- *nepravьda (“injustice”)
- *pravьdina (“justice”)
- *pravьdьnъ (“righteous”)
- *pravьdьnostь (“righteousness”)
- *pravьdivъ (“authentic, true”)
Related terms
- *pravidlo (“rule”)
- *praviti (“to make, to arrange”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: правьда (pravĭda)
- Belarusian: пра́ўда (práŭda)
- Russian: пра́вда (právda)
- Ukrainian: пра́вда (právda)
- Old East Slavic: правьда (pravĭda)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: правьда (pravĭda)
- Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⰰⰲⱐⰴⰰ (pravĭda)
- Bulgarian: пра́вда (právda)
- Macedonian: правда (pravda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пра̑вда
- Latin: prȃvda
- Slovene: prȃvda (tonal orthography) (dated)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pravda
- Czech: pravda
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): pravda
- Moravian (Mistřice): pravda
- Czech: pravda
- Kashubian: prôwda
- Old Polish: prawda
- Polish: prawda
- Silesian: prŏwda
- Slovak: pravda
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: prawda
- Lower Sorbian: рšаwdа
- Old Czech: pravda
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “правда”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “правда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 581
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “pravda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pra̋vьda”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “pravьda pravьdy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 73)”