pravý

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See also: právy

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pravý, from Proto-Slavic *pravъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Adjective

pravý

  1. right (of direction)
    Antonym: levý
  2. right (of angle)
  3. true, genuine
    Antonym: falešný
  4. right, proper
    Teď je ta pravá chvíle to udělat.Now's the right time to do it.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pravý in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pravý in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pravý in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpraʋɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpraviː/, /ˈpravɛj/

Adjective

pravý (short práv)

  1. right
    Antonym: levý
  2. right, straight
  3. sincere, correct
    u pravéj vieřě(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    s pravým vědomím(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. fair
  5. legal
    syn pravého ložělegitimate child
    pravá létafull age

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: pravý

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pravý

  1. right (of direction)
    Antonym: ľavý
  2. right (of angle)
  3. true, genuine
    Antonym: falošný
  4. right, proper
    Teraz je tá pravá chvíľa to robiť.Now's the right time to do it.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pravý”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024