Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nepravьda

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *ne +‎ *pravьda.

Noun

*nepravьda f

1. untruth
2. injustice

Declension

Declension of *nepravьda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*nepravьda	*nepravьdě	*nepravьdy
genitive	*nepravьdy	*nepravьdu	*nepravьdъ
dative	*nepravьdě	*nepravьdama	*nepravьdamъ
accusative	*nepravьdǫ	*nepravьdě	*nepravьdy
instrumental	*nepravьdojǫ, *nepravьdǫ**	*nepravьdama	*nepravьdami
locative	*nepravьdě	*nepravьdu	*nepravьdasъ, *nepravьdaxъ*
vocative	*nepravьdo	*nepravьdě	*nepravьdy

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: непра́вда (neprávda)
    • Ukrainian: непра́вда (neprávda)
  • Russian: непра́вда (neprávda)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: неправьда (nepravĭda)

  • Bulgarian: непра́вда (neprávda)
  • Macedonian: неправда (nepravda)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: нѐпра̄вда
    • Latin script: nèprāvda
  • Slovene: neprȃvda (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: nepravda
  • Polish: nieprawda
  • Slovak: nepravda
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: njeprawda
    • Lower Sorbian: ńeрšаwdа

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1997), “*nepravьda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 24 (*navijati (sę)/*navivati (sę) – *nerodimъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 210