Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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правьда (pravĭda) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ)

Noun

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правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭm

  1. righteous, just person
    • from Peter the Monk's Homily:
      Правьдьници же не могѫтъ ꙁабꙑти правьдꙑ ти творити неправьдѫ.
      Pravĭdĭnici že ne mogǫtŭ zabyti pravĭdy ti tvoriti nepravĭdǫ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From правьда (pravĭda, truth) +‎ -ьникъ (-ĭnikŭ). Akin to Old Church Slavonic правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprɑʋɪdɪnikʊ//ˈpraʋʲɪdʲɪnʲikʊ//ˈpraʋʲɛdʲnʲik/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈprɑʋɪdɪnikʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲɪdʲɪnʲikʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈpraʋʲɛdʲnʲik/

  • Hyphenation: пра‧вь‧дь‧ни‧къ

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правьдьникъ (pravĭdĭnikŭm (related adjective правьдьничь)

  1. righteous person
    • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik[1], page 3:
      правьвьдьникоу [sic] же книгꙑ ѧ.
      pravĭvĭdĭniku [sic] že knigy ję.
      and books are those to a righteoueous [sic] person.

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “правьдьникъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1360