pravda
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech pravda, from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.
Pronunciation
Noun
pravda f
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pravda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pravda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pravda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.
Pronunciation
Noun
pravda f
- correctness, properness
- justice, fairness
- (Christianity) faithfulness (persistence in devotion, in fulfilling obligations)
- (law) right give by a law
- truth (that which is concordant with reality)
- (Christianity) truth (decree of God)
- fact
Declension
Declension of pravda (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pravda | pravdě | pravdy |
| genitive | pravdy | pravdú | pravd |
| dative | pravdě | pravdama | pravdám |
| accusative | pravdu | pravdě | pravdy |
| vocative | pravdo | pravdě | pravdy |
| locative | pravdě | pravdú | pravdách |
| instrumental | pravdú | pravdama | pravdami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: pravda
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pravda”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.
Noun
prȃvda f (Cyrillic spelling пра̑вда)
Declension
Declension of pravda
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda. Compare Polish prawda, Czech pravda.
Pronunciation
Noun
pravda f
Declension
Declension of pravda
Derived terms
- pravdovravný m
- pravdivý m
Further reading
- “pravda”, 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, 2003–2024