prawda

Prawda is the Polish word for truth, the property of statements or beliefs that correspond to fact or reality. In everyday language it is used to express veracity, accuracy and honesty; its opposite is fałsz, meaning falsehood. The term has cognates across Slavic languages, such as Russian pravda and Czech pravda, and is historically linked to notions of rightness and law. Etymologically, the root relates to law and correctness; in many Slavic languages truth is connected to being right or lawful.

In philosophy, prawda is studied under theories of truth. The main positions include the correspondence theory, which defines truth as the relation between statements and the world; coherence theory, where truth is the coherence within a system of beliefs; and pragmatist or deflationist accounts, which treat truth as a useful or empty predicate. Logic and semantics provide formal treatments, notably Tarski's semantic theory of truth for formal languages, and various truth conditions for belief ascriptions.

Historically, the term also appears as a title in media. Pravda (Правда) was the name of a long-running Soviet newspaper, founded in 1912 as the official organ of the Russian Communist Party; the Polish spelling Prawda appears in Polish-language references and in the names of smaller publications. In general, prawda remains a central concept in discourse about knowledge, belief, and communication.