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

From *pravъ +‎ *-ьda.

Noun

*pràvьda f

  1. truth
  2. justice
    Synonym: *pravyni
    Antonym: *krivьda

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).

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Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “правда”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “правда”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 581

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “pravda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *pra̋vьda
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pravьda pravьdy”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 73)