pravda

See also: Pravda, pravdã, and правда

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pravda, from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpravda]

Noun

pravda f

1. truth

   Antonyms: lež, nepravda

   Máš pravdu! ― You're right!

Declension

Declension of pravda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pravda	pravdy
genitive	pravdy	pravd
dative	pravdě	pravdám
accusative	pravdu	pravdy
vocative	pravdo	pravdy
locative	pravdě	pravdách
instrumental	pravdou	pravdami

Derived terms

• pravdomluvný

 

Further reading

• pravda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pravda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• pravda in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpraʋda/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpravda/

Noun

pravda f

1. correctness, properness
2. justice, fairness
3. (Christianity) faithfulness (persistence in devotion, in fulfilling obligations)
4. (law) right give by a law
5. truth (that which is concordant with reality)
6. (Christianity) truth (decree of God)
7. fact

Declension

Declension of pravda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pravda	pravdě	pravdy
genitive	pravdy	pravdú	pravd
dative	pravdě	pravdama	pravdám
accusative	pravdu	pravdě	pravdy
vocative	pravdo	pravdě	pravdy
locative	pravdě	pravdú	pravdách
instrumental	pravdú	pravdama	pravdami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pravda

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pravda”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda.

Noun

prȃvda f (Cyrillic spelling пра̑вда)

1. justice

   Antonym: nèprāvda

Declension

Declension of pravda

	singular	plural
nominative	pravda	pravde
genitive	pravde	pravda
dative	pravdi	pravdama
accusative	pravdu	pravde
vocative	pravdo	pravde
locative	pravdi	pravdama
instrumental	pravdom	pravdama

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pravьda. Compare Polish prawda, Czech pravda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprau̯da/

Noun

pravda f (genitive singular pravdy, nominative plural pravdy, genitive plural právd, declension pattern of žena)

1. truth

   Antonyms: klamstvo n, lož f, nepravda f

Declension

Declension of pravda

	singular	plural
nominative	pravda	pravdy
genitive	pravdy	právd
dative	pravde	pravdám
accusative	pravdu	pravdy
locative	pravde	pravdách
instrumental	pravdou	pravdami

Derived terms

• pravdovravný m
• pravdivý m

Further reading

• “pravda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024