правьдьникъ

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

правьда (pravĭda) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ)

Noun

правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭm

  1. righteous, just person
    • from Peter the Monk's Homily:
      Правьдьници же не могѫтъ ꙁабꙑти правьдꙑ ти творити неправьдѫ.
      Pravĭdĭnici že ne mogǫtŭ zabyti pravĭdy ti tvoriti nepravĭdǫ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Antonyms

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From правьда (pravĭda, truth) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ). Akin to Old Church Slavonic правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑʋɪdɪnikʊ//ˈpraʋʲɪdʲɪnʲikʊ//ˈpraʋʲɛdʲnʲik/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈprɑʋɪdɪnikʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲɪdʲɪnʲikʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲɛdʲnʲik/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧вь‧дь‧ни‧къ

Noun

правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭm (related adjective правьдьничь)

  1. righteous person
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 3:
      правьдьникоу же книгꙑ ѧ.
      pravĭdĭniku že knigy ę.
      and books are those to a righteous person.

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “правьдьникъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1360