правда
Definitions
- 1.truth (conformity to fact or reality; true facts)
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?
- 2.justice
- 3.law, code
Сали́ческая пра́вда
Salíčeskaja právda — Salic law
- 4.sure enough, indeed, actually, as a matter of fact, in point of fact
- 5.is that so?
- 6.though, however, but
- 7.admittedly
Synonyms & related words
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 (práwda, “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).
Forms
- пра́вдаcanonical • feminine • inanimate
- právdaromanization
- пра́вдыgenitive
- правди́выйadjective • relational
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | пра́вда | пра́вды |
| Genitive | пра́вды | правд, пра́вд, пра́вдъ (archaic) |
| Dative | пра́вде, пра́вдѣ | пра́вдам, пра́вдамъ (archaic) |
| Accusative | пра́вду | пра́вды |
| Instrumental | пра́вдой, пра́вдою | пра́вдами |
| Prepositional | пра́вде, пра́вдѣ | пра́вдах, пра́вдахъ (archaic) |