мораль

Borrowed from Russian мора́ль (morálʹ), from Latin moralis.

мораль • (moral)

1. morals, morality

• ақылақ (aqylaq)

• моральдық (moraldyq)

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мораль • (moraľ)

1. third-person singular subjunctive of морамс (morams); he/she/it would sing

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мора́ль • (morálʹ) f inan (genitive мора́ли, nominative plural мора́ли, genitive plural мора́лей)

1. morals; morality

   двойна́я мора́ль ― dvojnája morálʹ ― double standard

   • 1875, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава пятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:

     Я по́нял, что его́ религио́зная мора́ль попа́ла в столкнове́ние с своего́ ро́да «поли́тикою».

     Ja pónjal, što jevó religióznaja morálʹ popála v stolknovénije s svojevó róda «polítikoju».

     I understood that his religious morality had come into collision with a species of politics.

2. (colloquial) lecturing, reprimanding, telling someone off

   чита́ть мора́ль ― čitátʹ morálʹ ― to moralize

• → Kazakh: мораль (moral)