правда
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pravьda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpravdɐ]
Noun
пра́вда • (právda) f
- justice
- Synonym: справедли́вост (spravedlívost)
- (archaic) truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts)
Declension
Derived terms
- 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”)
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda, from *pravъ (“right, correct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpravda]
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Declension
singular | |
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indefinite | правда |
definite unspecified | правдата |
definite proximal | правдава |
definite distal | правдана |
vocative | правдо |
Verb
правда • (pravda) third-singular present, impf (perfective оправда)
Conjugation
l-participles | imperfect | aorist | non-finite forms | |||
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masculine | правдал | — | adjectival participle | правдан | ||
feminine | правдала | — | adverbial participle | правдајќи | ||
neuter | правдало | — | verbal noun | правдање | ||
plural | правдале | — | perfect participle | правдано | ||
present | imperfect | aorist | imperative | |||
1st singular | правдам | правдав | — | — | ||
2nd singular | правдаш | правдаше | — | правдај | ||
3rd singular | правда | правдаше | — | — | ||
1st plural | правдаме | правдавме | — | — | ||
2nd plural | правдате | правдавте | — | правдајте | ||
3rd plural | правдаат | правдаа | — | — | ||
Compound tenses | ||||||
perfect | сум правдал | present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle | ||||
има-perfect | имам правдано | present of има + perfect participle | ||||
pluperfect | бев правдал | imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle | ||||
има-pluperfect | имав правдано | imperfect of има + perfect participle | ||||
има-perfect reported | сум имал правдано | perfect of има + perfect participle | ||||
future | ќе правдам | ќе + present | ||||
има-future | ќе имам правдано | future of има + perfect participle | ||||
future in the past | ќе правдав | ќе + imperfect | ||||
има-future in the past | ќе имав правдано | future in the past of има + perfect participle | ||||
future reported | ќе сум правдал | ќе + imperfect l-participle | ||||
има-future reported | ќе сум имал правдано | future reported of има + perfect participle | ||||
conditional | би правдал | би + imperfect l-participle | ||||
има-conditional | би имал правдано | conditional of има + perfect participle |
Russian
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpravdə]
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Noun
пра́вда • (právda) f inan (genitive пра́вды, nominative plural пра́вды, genitive plural правд, relational adjective правди́вый)
- 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.
- justice
- Synonym: справедли́вость (spravedlívostʹ)
- (historical) law, code
- Сали́ческая пра́вда ― Salíčeskaja právda ― Salic law
Declension
Derived terms
- не пра́вда ли (ne právda li)
Related terms
- непра́вда (neprávda, “untruth, lie”)
- правди́вый (pravdívyj)
- пра́ведный (právednyj)
- правило (pravilo)
- пра́вить (právitʹ)
- пра́во (právo)
Interjection
пра́вда • (právda)
- sure enough, indeed, actually, as a matter of fact, in point of fact
- (interrogative) is that so?
Synonyms
- в самом де́ле (v samom déle)
- действи́тельно (dejstvítelʹno)
Serbo-Croatian
Declension
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pravьda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprau̯dɐ]
Audio (file)
Declension
Derived terms
- пра́вду ка́жучи (právdu kážučy)
- правди́вий (pravdývyj)
References
- 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 [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)