Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/praviti

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.

From *pravъ (“right, straight”) +‎ *-iti.

*pràviti impf

1. (transitive) to straighten, to order, to adjust (to set or make straight, right, level, correct)
   1. → to rule, to control, to lead, to be in charge (possibly a calque of Latin regō or Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō))

      Synonyms: *voditi, *ręditi, *kъrmovati

   2. → to cope, to manage, to carry on

      Synonym: *vьršiti

   3. → to do, to make, to produce

      Synonyms: *děti, *činiti, *tvoriti

   4. → to correct, to tend, to mend
2. (transitive, intransitive) to tell, to discourse, to convey (to pass information, opinion, orders, verdicts)

   Synonyms: *reťi, *kazati

   1. → to preach, to propagate

      Synonym: *propověděti

   2. → to proclaim, to enact
3. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to pretend, to comply

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: правити (praviti)
    • Old Ruthenian: пра́вити (práviti)
      • Belarusian: пра́віць (právicʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пра́вити (právyty)
      • Ukrainian: пра́вити (právyty)
    • Russian: пра́вить (právitʹ)
• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: правити (praviti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⰰⰲⰻⱅⰻ (praviti)

  • Bulgarian: пра́вя (právja)
  • Macedonian: прави (pravi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пра̏вити

    Latin script: prȁviti

    • Chakavian (Crikvenica): prȁvit (“to speak, tell”)
    • Chakavian (Kukljica): prȃviti
    • Kajkavian (Ozalj): prȁviti (“to speak, tell”)
  • Slovene: práviti (tonal orthography)
    • (Črni vrh, Idrija): prȃi̯ť
• West Slavic
  • Old Czech: praviti
    • Czech: pravit
      • Moravian (Mistřice): pravit
  • Old Polish: prawić
    • Polish: prawić
  • Slovincian: prawjic
  • Slovak: praviť

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “правя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 584