нрав

• нравъ (nrav) — pre-1918 spelling

Inherited from Old East Slavic нравъ (nravŭ), from Old Church Slavonic нравъ (nravŭ), from Proto-Slavic *norvъ. Doublet of но́ров (nórov), from Old East Slavic норовъ (norovŭ).

• IPA^(key): [nraf]

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нрав • (nrav) m inan (genitive нра́ва, nominative plural нра́вы, genitive plural нра́вов)

1. character, temperament
2. disposition, temper
3. manner, custom, discipline
4. (in the plural) customs

• хара́ктер (xarákter)
• обы́чай (obýčaj)

• нра́виться impf (nrávitʹsja) (see more)
• нра́вство n (nrávstvo)
  • нра́вственный (nrávstvennyj)
• по нра́ву (po nrávu), не по нра́ву (ne po nrávu)

Compound words:

• нравоуче́ние n (nravoučénije)
• своенра́вный (svojenrávnyj)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “нрав”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “нрав”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.