правота

Old Church Slavonic

Noun

правота • (pravota) f

1. justice

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prəvɐˈta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

правота́ • (pravotá) f inan (genitive правоты́, uncountable)

1. right, rightfulness, correctness

   доказа́ть свою́ правоту́ ― dokazátʹ svojú pravotú ― to prove one's case

Declension

Declension of правота́ (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 

	singular
nominative	правота́ pravotá
genitive	правоты́ pravotý
dative	правоте́ pravoté
accusative	правоту́ pravotú
instrumental	правото́й, правото́ю pravotój, pravotóju
prepositional	правоте́ pravoté

Ukrainian

Etymology

From пра́вий (právyj) +‎ -ота́ (-otá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɐwɔˈta]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

правота́ • (pravotá) f inan (genitive правоти́, uncountable)

1. rightness, correctness, rectitude

   Near-synonym: пра́вильність f (právylʹnistʹ)

   довести́ свою́ правоту́ ― dovestý svojú pravotú ― to prove one's case, to prove that one is right

Declension

Declension of правота́ (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	правота́ pravotá
genitive	правоти́ pravotý
dative	правоті́ pravotí
accusative	правоту́ pravotú
instrumental	правото́ю pravotóju
locative	правоті́ pravotí
vocative	право́то pravóto

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “правота”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “правота”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “правота”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “правота”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “правота”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “правота”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)