právo
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech právo. By surface analysis, pravý + -o.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
právo n
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
adjectives
nouns
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Etymology edit
From pravý + -o.[1] Compare Old Polish prawo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
právo n
- good (what is right, proper action)
- justice, fairness (what is just)
- nature (order of nature, that what is natural)
- truth (that what is true)
- regulation, provision, directive; commandment (of God)
- obligation imposed on someone by authority
- fee compulsorily paid to someone
- custom, habit (established way of acting observed in some community)
- law (binding set of legal norms)
- legally appropriate procedure
- court proceedings, court session; trial
- legal dispute
- ordeal (judicial procedure of establishing the innocence of the accused (of something) by means of what, i.e. by not drowning in water, keeping one's finger on a hot iron, winning a duel)
- judicial oath on the cross requiring non-denial
- judgment; decision
- punishment (penalty according to law for a committed offense)
- authority
- authorization
- ownership right (scope of authorization to possess some property)
- privilege, prerogative
- right, legitimate claim resulting from a given order
- concrete detail of a legal nature
- record of rights, file containing rights
- logs or records of land
- written legal document
- court (competent legal authority, office with judicial and orderly powers)
- judicial tribunal, judges
- jurisdiction
Declension edit
Declension of právo (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | právo | právě | práva |
genitive | práva | právú | práv |
dative | právu | právoma | právóm |
accusative | právo | právě | práva |
vocative | právo | právě | práva |
locative | právě, právu | právú | práviech |
instrumental | právem | právoma | právy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: právo
References edit
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “právo”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “právo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění