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правда-ма́тка

nounfeminineuncountablerare

1.
home truth

Examples

Он всегда режет правду-матку в глаза.
He always tells people the blunt truth to their faces.
Скажи мне правду-матку, не бойся обидеть.
Tell me the unvarnished truth; don't be afraid of offending me.
Она любит резать правду-матку на собраниях.
She likes to speak her mind bluntly at meetings.

Declension

This noun exists in singular form only.

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative	правда-матка
Gen.Genitive	правды-матки
Dat.Dative	правде-матке
Acc.Accusative	правду-матку
Inst.Instrumental	правдой-маткой
Prep.Prepositional	правде-матке

Word familyпра́вдаPRO

пра́вдаtruth; justice; indeed; though
nounfeminine
правда-ма́ткаhome truth
nounfeminine

Related words

See also

ма́ткаuterus; female animal; queen (bee); mother ship

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Contributions

mirco.deckers edited related words 2 years ago.
Lucian edited noun basics and declension 6 years ago.
Lucian edited word type and stress 6 years ago.

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