право

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation(key): пра‧во

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravo, a nominalization of прав (prav, right, straight) +‎ (-o). Ultimately a calque of German Recht and French droit. See Russian пра́во (právo) for more information.

Noun

пра́во (právon (relational adjective пра́вен or пра́вов)

  1. law (as a specialty)
    семе́йно пра́воseméjno právofamily law
  2. right
    пра́во на гласprávo na glasright to vote
    гра́ждански права́gráždanski pravácivil rights
  3. authorization, permit
  4. (plural only) license
    шофьо́рски права́šofjórski pravádriver's license
  5. (economics) option
  6. (colloquial) justice
Declension
Declension of пра́во
singular plural
indefinite пра́во
právo
права́
pravá
definite пра́вото
právoto
права́та
praváta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

прав (prav) +‎ (-o)

Adverb

пра́во (právo) (comparative по́-пра́во, superlative на́й-пра́во)

  1. straight, right, directly
    пра́во напре́дprávo naprédstraight ahead
    пра́во в очи́теprávo v očíteright in the eyes
  2. right, rightly, correctly
    пра́во ка́звашprávo kázvašyou are right (literally, “you speak rightly/correctly”)

Adjective

пра́во (právo)

  1. indefinite neuter singular of прав (prav)

References

  • право”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • право”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

право (pravon (relational adjective правен)

  1. right (e.g. human rights)
Declension
Declension of право
singular plural
indefinite право (pravo) права (prava)
definite unspecified правото (pravoto) правата (pravata)
definite proximal правово (pravovo) правава (pravava)
definite distal правоно (pravono) правана (pravana)
vocative право (pravo) права (prava)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

право (pravo) (comparative поправо, superlative најправо)

  1. straight, directly
  2. straight ahead
  3. straightly (not crookedly)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

право (pravo)

  1. indefinite neuter singular of прав (prav)

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak právo, from Proto-Slavic *pravo.

Noun

право (pravon (related adjective правни)

  1. right (legal, just or moral entitlement)
    маш правоmaš pravoyou are right (literally, “you have the right”)
    авторске правоavtorske pravocopyright (literally, “authors' right”)
  2. (generally uncountable, law) law
    обичайне правоobičajne pravocommon law
Declension
Declension of право
singular plural
nominative право (pravo) права (prava)
genitive права (prava) правох (pravox)
dative праву (pravu) правом (pravom)
accusative право (pravo) права (prava)
instrumental правом (pravom) правами (pravami)
locative праву (pravu) правох (pravox)
vocative право (pravo) права (prava)
nouns

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak pravo. By surface analysis, прави (pravi) +‎ (-o).

Adverb

право (pravo)

  1. right, on the right
    Synonym: направо (napravo)
    Antonym: лїво (ljivo)
  2. right, to the right
    Antonym: лїво (ljivo)
  3. straight, directly
  4. correctly, rightly
    право ци?pravo ci?are you right?
  5. justly

References

Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic право (pravo), from Proto-Slavic *pravo. Calque of German Recht and French droit, based on пра́вый (právyj, right, correct; straight). Cognate with Ukrainian пра́во (právo), Belarusian пра́ва (práva), Old Church Slavonic право (pravo), Bulgarian пра́во (právo), Serbo-Croatian пра̏во, Slovene prȃvo (tonal orthography), Czech právo, Slovak právo, Polish prawo.

Noun

пра́во (právon inan (genitive пра́ва, nominative plural права́, genitive plural прав, relational adjective правово́й)

  1. right; claim
    права́ челове́каpravá čelovékahuman rights
  2. (law) law, right
  3. justice
  4. (in the plural) driving licence
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Yakut: быраап (bıraap)

Etymology 2

пра́вый (právyj) +‎ (-o)

Adverb

пра́во (právo) (comparative (по)праве́е or (по)праве́й)

  1. indeed, really
    • 1868, Иван Тургенев , chapter III, in Бригадир; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brigadier, 1894:
      — Что же вы, су́дарь, тепе́рь де́лать бу́дете?
      — А я, пра́во, не зна́ю. Е́сли бы Никола́й Петро́вич сло́во своё сдержа́л, прие́хал — мы бы на охо́ту вме́сте отпра́вились.
      — Što že vy, súdarʹ, tepérʹ délatʹ búdete?
      — A ja, právo, ne znáju. Jésli by Nikoláj Petróvič slóvo svojó sderžál, prijéxal — my by na oxótu vméste otprávilisʹ.
      'What are you going to do now, sir?'
      'Well, really, I don't know. If Nikolai Petrovitch had kept his word and come, we should have gone shooting together.'

Adjective

пра́во (právo)

  1. short neuter singular of пра́вый (právyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From пра̏в.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prâʋo/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧во

Adverb

пра̏во (Latin spelling prȁvo)

  1. straight
  2. correctly, rightly
  3. justly
  4. strictly

Etymology 2

Morphologically from пра̏в, a calque of German Recht and French droit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǎːʋo/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧во

Noun

пра́во n (Latin spelling právo)

  1. right
  2. law
  3. jurisprudence
Declension
Declension of право
singular plural
nominative право права
genitive права права
dative праву правима
accusative право права
vocative право права
locative праву правима
instrumental правом правима
Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pravъ via Old East Slavic право (pravo).

Pronunciation

Noun

пра́во (právon inan (genitive пра́ва, nominative plural права́, genitive plural прав, relational adjective правови́й)

  1. right; claim
    права́ люди́ниpravá ljudýnyhuman rights
  2. (law) law, right

Declension

Declension of пра́во
(inan hard neut-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative пра́во
právo
права́
pravá
genitive пра́ва
práva
прав
prav
dative пра́ву
právu
права́м
pravám
accusative пра́во
právo
права́
pravá
instrumental пра́вом
právom
права́ми
pravámy
locative пра́ві
právi
права́х
praváx
vocative пра́во
právo
права́
pravá

Derived terms

References