[pràws]
CilmeFrom the merging of two homophonous sources: on the one hand, borrowed from Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ, “straight; innocent; correct, good”), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “straight; innocent; right-hand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- “forward”; there are 17th-century attestations of Latvian prāvs meaning “straight”), and, on the other hand, an inherited term, from Proto-Baltic *prāvas, from Proto-Indo-European *prew-, *prow-, *praw- (“to jump”), from *per (“over, above”). The meaning would have evolved from “to jump” > “to jump (high), to stand out” > “outstanding” (a meaning still attested in 17th-century sources, in parallel to the aforementioned “straight”) > “large, big”. Cognates (from *prow-, *prew-, *praw-) include Old Norse frár (“quick, agile”), Old High German frao, frō, frawēr (“strong, agile, energetic”), German froh (“happy, cheerful”).
- large, big, sizeable, considerable (having size, dimensions above average)
“lietus nogāzē izskalojis prāvus akmeņus, bet lejā sanesis smiltis” — the rain washed large stones on the hillside, but brought down (only) sand
“viņa paņem smalkos miltus un pienu, ņem prāvu bļodu, kur sagatavot raušiem virsu” — she got the thin flour and the milk (and) took a sizeable bowl where she (could) prepare the cakes
“večuks pateica, ka prāvāko sava mūža daļu nodzīvojis vecpuisī” — the old man said that he had spent the largest part of his life as a bachelor
- large, big, sizeable, considerable (having many components, many members, many units)
“grupa sanāca prāva... pāri par simt vīru” — a group came, a large one... more than a hundred men
“bija salasījies prāvs ļaužu pūlis, un vēl arvien jauni nāca klāt” — a sizeable crowd had gathered, and new people were still coming
“prāvus līdzekļus katru gadu atvēl sociālistiskās sacensības stimulēšanai” — considerable resources were brought every year to stimulate socialist competition
- large, strong, intensive
“Ogres padomju saimniecības cūkkopības kompleksa būve ir viens no prāvākajiem lauksaimnieciskās ražošanas pasākumiem” — the structure of the pig production complex of the Soviet farm in Ogre is one of the largest agricultural production undertakings
Formasprāvais(definite) · prāvāks(comparative) · visprāvākais(superlative) · prāvs(masculine, nominative, singular) · prāvi(masculine, nominative, plural) · prāva(feminine, nominative, singular) · prāvas(feminine, nominative, plural) · prāva(genitive, masculine, singular) · prāvu(genitive, masculine, plural) · prāvas(feminine, genitive, singular) · prāvu(feminine, genitive, plural) · prāvam(dative, masculine, singular) · prāviem(dative, masculine, plural) · prāvai(dative, feminine, singular) · prāvām(dative, feminine, plural) · prāvu(accusative, masculine, singular) · prāvus(accusative, masculine, plural) · prāvu(accusative, feminine, singular) · prāvas(accusative, feminine, plural) · prāvu(instrumental, masculine, singular)
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