See also: pravo and prāvo

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech právo. By surface analysis, pravý +‎ -o.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraːvo]
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Noun edit

právo n

  1. law
  2. right
    upírat právoto deny the right

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Further reading edit

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

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

From pravý +‎ -o.[1] Compare Old Polish prawo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpraːʋo/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpraːvo/

Noun edit

právo n

  1. good (what is right, proper action)
  2. justice, fairness (what is just)
  3. nature (order of nature, that what is natural)
  4. truth (that what is true)
  5. regulation, provision, directive; commandment (of God)
  6. obligation imposed on someone by authority
  7. fee compulsorily paid to someone
  8. custom, habit (established way of acting observed in some community)
  9. law (binding set of legal norms)
  10. legally appropriate procedure
  11. court proceedings, court session; trial
  12. legal dispute
  13. ordeal (judicial procedure of establishing the innocence of the accused (of something) by means of what, i.e. by not drowning in water, keeping one's finger on a hot iron, winning a duel)
  14. judicial oath on the cross requiring non-denial
  15. judgment; decision
  16. punishment (penalty according to law for a committed offense)
  17. authority
  18. authorization
  19. ownership right (scope of authorization to possess some property)
  20. privilege, prerogative
  21. right, legitimate claim resulting from a given order
  22. concrete detail of a legal nature
  23. record of rights, file containing rights
  24. logs or records of land
  25. written legal document
  26. court (competent legal authority, office with judicial and orderly powers)
  27. judicial tribunal, judges
  28. jurisdiction

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Descendants edit

  • Czech: právo

References edit

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “právo”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN