Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *praviti.

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правити (pravitiimpf

  1. to lead

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Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *praviti. By surface analysis, правъ (pravŭ, right) +‎ -ити (-iti). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic правити (praviti) and Old Polish prawić.

Pronunciation edit

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈprɑʋiti/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲitʲi/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲitʲi/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧ви‧ти

Verb edit

правити (pravitiimpf

  1. (transitive) to lead
  2. (transitive) to govern
  3. (transitive) to follow, observe

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References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “правити, правлю”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, правлю column 1345

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *praviti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prâʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: пра‧ви‧ти

Verb edit

пра̏вити impf (Latin spelling prȁviti)

  1. (transitive) to make, create
  2. (transitive) to cause (damage, trouble, inconvenience etc.)
  3. (transitive) to fake, pretend
    (with adjective) Неки људи се праве паметни. — Some people pretend to be smart.
    (with да + subordinate clause) Правим се да то не прим(ј)ећујем. — I pretend not to notice it.

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian пра́вити (práviti), from Old East Slavic правити (praviti), from Proto-Slavic *praviti. By surface analysis, пра́в- (práv-) +‎ -ити (-yty). Cognate with Belarusian пра́віць (právicʹ), Russian пра́вить (právitʹ), Czech pravit, Polish prawić, Bulgarian пра́вя (právja), Serbo-Croatian пра̏вити.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraʋete]
  • (file)

Verb edit

пра́вити (právytyimpf

  1. (intransitive) to rule, to govern (+ insturmental)
  2. (transitive) to correct
  3. (transitive) to do, to perform, to carry out, to manage
  4. (transitive) to direct, to drive, to steer
  5. (intransitive) to go, to head, to be headed
  6. (transitive) to straighten

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