нрав

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic нравъ (nravŭ), from Old Church Slavonic нравъ (nravŭ), from Proto-Slavic *norvъ. Doublet of но́ров (nórov), from Old East Slavic норовъ (norovŭ).

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Noun

нрав • (nrav) m inan (genitive нра́ва, nominative plural нра́вы, genitive plural нра́вов)

  1. character, temperament
  2. disposition, temper
  3. manner, custom, discipline
  4. (in the plural) customs

Declension

Declension of нрав (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative нра́в
nráv 		нра́вы
nrávy
genitive нра́ва
nráva 		нра́вов
nrávov
dative нра́ву
nrávu 		нра́вам
nrávam
accusative нра́в
nráv 		нра́вы
nrávy
instrumental нра́вом
nrávom 		нра́вами
nrávami
prepositional нра́ве
nráve 		нра́вах
nrávax

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нрав”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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