подноготная

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pədnɐˈɡotnəjə]

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

подного́тная (podnogótnaja)

  1. feminine nominative singular of подного́тный (podnogótnyj)

Etymology 2 edit

Ellipsis of подного́тная пра́вда (podnogótnaja právda), literally “the truth from under the fingernails”, extracted by torture in ancient times.

Noun edit

подного́тная (podnogótnajaf inan (genitive подного́тной, uncountable)

  1. lowdown, ins and outs
    Узна́ть всю подного́тнуюUznátʹ vsju podnogótnujuTo find out all the whole truth (e.g. about a person).
Declension edit