правда

From Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

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пра́вда • (právda) f

1. justice

   Synonym: справедли́вост (spravedlívost)

2. (archaic) truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts)

   Synonym: и́стина (ístina)

   Antonym: лъжа́ (lǎžá)

• оправда́вам impf (opravdávam), оправда́я pf (opravdája, “to exonerate, to rehabiliate”)
• непра́вда (neprávda, “injustice”)
• правдина́ (pravdiná, “justice”)
• пра́веден (práveden, “righteous”)
• правди́в (pravdív, “truthful”)
• справедли́в (spravedlív, “fair”)

• “правда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “правда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda, from *pravъ (“right, correct”).

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правда • (pravda) f (relational adjective праведен)

1. justice

правда • (pravda) third-singular present, impf (perfective оправда)

1. (transitive) to justify, defend
2. (transitive) to make excuses for

Inherited from Old Slovak pravda, from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

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• Rhymes: -avda
• Hyphenation: прав‧да

правда (pravda) f (diminutive правдучка)

1. truth

   Antonym: нєправда (njepravda)

   повесц правду ― povesc pravdu ― to tell the truth

   твоя правда ― tvoja pravda ― you're right (literally, “your truth”)

   правда очи колє ― pravda oči kolje ― the truth hurts (literally, “the truth slaughters/stings the eyes”)

2. justice

   Antonym: нєправда (njepravda)

   бориц ше за правду ― boric še za pravdu ― to fight for justice

   кед будзе правда ― ked budze pravda ― God willing (literally, “if there will be justice”)

3. (obsolete outside of fixed expressions) right, law

   мац правду; буц на правдзе ― mac pravdu; buc na pravdze ― to be right (literally, “to have the right; to be in the right”)

правда (pravda)

1. (modal) yes, indeed, of course, it is true

   правда, вон ма хиби, алє... ― pravda, von ma xibi, alje... ― indeed, he has faults, but...

правда (pravda)

1. although, albeit

   вон зна и по французки, правда, дакус слабше ― von zna i po francuzki, pravda, dakus slabše ― he also knows French, albeit a little weaker

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “правда”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “justice”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 159
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “truth”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 343

Inherited from Old East Slavic правьда (pravĭda), from Proto-Slavic *pravьda, derived from Proto-Slavic *pravъ (compare пра́вый (právyj)) plus an unclear suffix.

Cognate with Ukrainian пра́вда (právda, “truth”), Belarusian пра́ўда (práŭda, “truth”), Old Church Slavonic правьда (pravĭda, “justice, truth”), Bulgarian пра́вда (právda, “justice, truth, livestock capital”), Serbo-Croatian пра̑вда (“justice, truth, controversial matter”), Slovene prȃvda (“regulation, law, court case”), Czech pravda (“truth”), Slovak pravda (“truth”), Polish prawda (“truth”), Upper Sorbian prawda (“truth”), Lower Sorbian pšawda (“truth”). Compare derived adjective пра́ведный (právednyj).

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пра́вда • (právda) f inan (genitive пра́вды, nominative plural пра́вды, genitive plural правд, relational adjective правди́вый)

1. truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts)

   Synonym: и́стина (ístina)

   Antonyms: ложь (ložʹ), непра́вда (neprávda), (poetic) кри́вда (krívda)

   В «Пра́вде» нет изве́стий, а в «Изве́стиях» нет пра́вды. ― V «Právde» net izvéstij, a v «Izvéstijax» net právdy. ― In Pravda there is no news, and in Izvestia there is no truth. (a familiar pun)

   По пра́вде сказа́ть, я случа́йно за су́тки не при́нял лека́рства. ― Po právde skazátʹ, ja slučájno za sútki ne prínjal lekárstva. ― To tell (you) the truth, I accidentally didn't take my medicine for 24 hours.

   Пра́вда? ― Právda? ― Really?

   Ну пра́вда же? ― Nu právda že? ― Am I right? (seeking confirmation)

   по пра́вде говоря́ ― po právde govorjá ― to tell the truth

   Твоя́ пра́вда. ― Tvojá právda. ― You're right. / Fair play. / You win.

2. justice

   Synonym: справедли́вость (spravedlívostʹ)

3. (historical) law, code

   Сали́ческая пра́вда ― Salíčeskaja právda ― Salic law

• не пра́вда ли (ne právda li)

• непра́вда (neprávda, “untruth, lie”)
• правди́вый (pravdívyj)
• пра́ведный (právednyj)
• правило (pravilo)
• пра́вить (právitʹ)
• пра́во (právo)

пра́вда • (právda)

1. sure enough, indeed, actually, as a matter of fact, in point of fact
2. (interrogative) is that so?

• в самом де́ле (v samom déle)
• действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno)

пра́вда • (právda)

1. though, however, but
2. admittedly

• но (no)
• одна́ко (odnáko)

пра̑вда f (Latin spelling prȃvda)

1. justice

• нѐпра̄вда

From Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

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пра́вда • (právda) f inan (genitive пра́вди, nominative plural пра́вди, genitive plural правд)

1. truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts)

   Synonym: і́стина (ístyna)

   Antonyms: брехня́ (brexnjá), непра́вда (neprávda)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “правда”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “правда”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)