prawda

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pràvьda. First attested in the 14th century. By surface analysis, prawy +‎ -da. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /praːvda/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /prɒvda/ === Noun === prawda f (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) truth (concordance with what is said, with reality, with facts, with the conviction of reality, the content of words consistent with reality, lack of lies or falsity) (attested in Silesia, Lesser Poland) reality (that which is real) knowledge, especially religious (attested in Lesser Poland) justice (acting in accordance with moral or legal principles) (attested in Lesser Poland) stand (insulating disc on which hot bowls with food were placed) (attested in Lesser Poland) an element in a coat of arms ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: prawda, práwda (“Jewish biretta”) (Lasovia) Silesian: prŏwda === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “prawda”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Mańczak, Witold (2017), “prawda”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “prawda”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “prawda”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Alternative forms === práwda (“Jewish biretta”) (Lasovia) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish prawda. By surface analysis, prawy +‎ -da. For noun sense 6, compare French ration/raison. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avda Syllabification: praw‧da === Noun === prawda f truth (that which is concordant with reality) [with o (+ locative) ‘about whom/what’] Antonyms: bujda, fałsz, kit, lipa, nieprawda Czy to prawda, że Ciebie zdradził? ― Is it true that he cheated on you? truth (view that most people hold) (obsolete) correctness; justice, fairness (obsolete) rightness Synonym: racja mieć prawdę (obsolete) ― to be right (obsolete) promise Synonym: obietnica (obsolete) food; feed (that which is eaten, especially of animals) ==== Declension ==== === Particle === prawda used to assert the speakers agreement; right Antonym: nieprawda „Poszedłeś na imprezę?" „Prawda." ― "You went to the party?" "Right." used as a question tag asking for agreement; right? Synonym: nieprawda Podobają ci się, prawda? ― You like them, right? used as a filler word; right Więc tam siedziałem, prawda, i nagle widzę... ― So I'm sitting there, right, and I suddenly I see... ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), prawda is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 4 times in scientific texts, 1 time in news, 17 times in essays, 44 times in fiction, and 123 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 189 times, making it the 300th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “prawda”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[15] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “prawda”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[16] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “prawda”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Renata Bronikowska (08.03.2016), “PRAWDA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “prawda”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “prawda”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “prawda”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 975 prawda in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “prawda”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN === Anagrams === pardwa