Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pravьda
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Noun
Declension
Declension of *pravьda (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pravьda | *pravьdě | *pravьdy |
| genitive | *pravьdy | *pravьdu | *pravьdъ |
| dative | *pravьdě | *pravьdama | *pravьdamъ |
| accusative | *pravьdǫ | *pravьdě | *pravьdy |
| instrumental | *pravьdojǫ, *pravьdǭ** | *pravьdama | *pravьdamī |
| locative | *pravьdě | *pravьdu | *pravьdasъ, *pravьdaxъ* |
| 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
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “правда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “правда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 581
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “pravda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pra̋vьda”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pravьda pravьdy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 73)”