pravda

See also: Pravda, pravdã, and правда

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpravda]

Noun

pravda f

  1. truth
    Antonyms: lež, nepravda
    Máš pravdu!You're right!

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpraʋda/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpravda/

Noun

pravda f

  1. correctness, properness
  2. justice, fairness
  3. (Christianity) faithfulness (persistence in devotion, in fulfilling obligations)
  4. (law) right give by a law
  5. truth (that which is concordant with reality)
  6. (Christianity) truth (decree of God)
  7. fact

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: pravda

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Noun

prȃvda f (Cyrillic spelling пра̑вда)

  1. justice
    Antonym: nèprāvda

Declension

Declension of pravda
singular plural
nominative pravda pravde
genitive pravde pravda
dative pravdi pravdama
accusative pravdu pravde
vocative pravdo pravde
locative pravdi pravdama
instrumental pravdom pravdama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda. Compare Polish prawda, Czech pravda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraʋda]

Noun

pravda f

  1. truth
    Antonyms: klamstvo n, lož f, nepravda f

Declension

Declension of pravda
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativepravdapravdy
genitivepravdyprávd
dativepravdepravdám
accusativepravdupravdy
locativepravdepravdách
instrumentalpravdoupravdami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pravda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025