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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish prawy, from Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpra.vɘ/
- Rhymes: -avɘ
- Syllabification: pra‧wy
Adjective
prawy (comparative bardziej prawy, superlative najbardziej prawy, derived adverb prawo)
- (not comparable) right (of direction)
- Antonym: lewy
- (comparable) virtuous, righteous
- Antonym: niegodziwy
- (comparable, dated) legal
- Synonym: legalny
Declension
Declension of prawy (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- prawy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- prawy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “prawy”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
Slovincian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpra.vɪ/
- Rhymes: -avɪ
- Syllabification: pra‧wy
Adjective
prawy
- right (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north)
- Coordinate term: lêwy
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