pravda

See also: Pravda, pravdã, and правда

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pravda, from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpravda]

Noun

pravda f

  1. truth
    Antonyms: lež, nepravda
    Máš pravdu!You're right!

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pravda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pravda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pravda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpraʋda/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpravda/

Noun

pravda f

  1. correctness, properness
  2. justice, fairness
  3. (Christianity) faithfulness (persistence in devotion, in fulfilling obligations)
  4. (law) right give by a law
  5. truth (that which is concordant with reality)
  6. (Christianity) truth (decree of God)
  7. fact

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: pravda

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Noun

prȃvda f (Cyrillic spelling пра̑вда)

  1. justice
    Antonym: nèprāvda

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda. Compare Polish prawda, Czech pravda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprau̯da/

Noun

pravda f (genitive singular pravdy, nominative plural pravdy, genitive plural právd, declension pattern of žena)

  1. truth
    Antonyms: klamstvo n, lož f, nepravda f

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pravda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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