truth

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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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substantive

P. and V. ἀλήθεια, ἡ, τἀληθές.

correctness: Ar. and P. ὀρθότης, ἡ, V. ναμέρτεια, ἡ.

speak truth, v.: P. and V. ἀληθεύειν, ἀψευδεῖν (Plato).

in truth: P. and V. ὄντως, P. τῷ ὄντι; see truly.

of a truth (in maxims): P. and V. τοι; (enclitic).

verily: P. and V. , V. ἦ κάρτα, Ar. and V. κάρτα (rare P.); see really, verily.

Translations

Afrikaans: waarheid; Albanian: e vërteta; Arabic: حَقِيقَة‎; Aragonese: verdat; Aramaic Syriac: ܫܪܪܐ‎; Armenian: ճշմարտություն; Aromanian: delihea; Assamese: সঁচা, সঁচা কথা; Asturian: verdá; Azerbaijani: həqiqət; Bashkir: дөрөҫлөк, хәҡиҡәт; Basque: egia; Belarusian: вернасць; Bengali: হক, সাঁচা, সত্য; Breton: gwirionez; Bulgarian: истина; Burmese: အမှန်တရား; Buryat: үнэн; Caló: chachipén; Catalan: veritat; Cherokee: ᏚᏳᎪᏛ; Chinese Mandarin: 保真度; Czech: pravda, věrnost; Danish: sandhed; Dutch: oprechtheid, eerlijkheid; Elfdalian: sanningg; Esperanto: vero; Estonian: tõde, tõed, tõsi; Faroese: sannleiki; Finnish: totuudenmukaisuus, totuus, todenmukaisuus; French: vérité; Friulian: veretât, vêr; Galician: verdade; Georgian: სიმართლე, ერთგულება; German: Wahrheit, Treue; Greek: αλήθεια; Ancient Greek: ἀλάθεα, ἀλάθεια, ἀλήθεια, ἀληθείη, ἀληθές, ἀληθηΐη, ἀτρέκεια, ἀτρεκείη, ἀτρεκίη, ἐτητυμία, ἐτητυμίη, ἐτήτυμον, ἔτυμον, ἦτε, κρήγυον, τἀληθές; Greenlandic: ilumoortoq, ilumoorneq; Gujarati: સત્ય; Hausa: gaskiya; Hawaiian: ʻoiaʻiʻo; Hebrew: אמת‎; Hindi: सच, सचाई; Hungarian: igazságosság; Hunsrik: Woherheet, Woherheit; Icelandic: sannleikur; Ido: vereso; Igbo: eziokwu; Indonesian: kebenaran; Interlingua: veritate; Irish: fírinne; Italian: veritate, verità; Japanese: 誠; Kannada: ಸತ್ಯ; Kazakh: шындық; Khmer: ការពិត; Korean: 진실; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: rastî, heqîqet; Kyrgyz: чындык; Ladino: verdad, vedra; Lao: ຄວາມຈິງ, ສັດຈະ; Latgalian: tīsa, taisneiba; Latin: veritas; Latvian: patiesība, taisnība, tiesa; Lithuanian: tiesa; Low German: Wohrheit; Luxembourgish: Wourecht; Macedonian: вистина; Malay: kebenaran; Malayalam: സത്യം; Maltese: verità; Maori: pono; Marathi: खरं; Mongolian: үнэн; Nahuatl: neltiliztli; Neapolitan: verità, veritade, verdate; Nepali: सत्य; Norman: véthité; Northern Sami: duohtavuohta; Norwegian Bokmål: sannhet; Nynorsk: sanning; Occitan: vertat, veritat; Old Occitan: veritat; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫; Oromo: dhugaa; Ossetian: раст; Papiamentu: bèrdat; Pashto: رښتيا‎; Persian: حقیقت‎; Piedmontese: vrità; Plautdietsch: Woarheit; Polish: wierność, prawda, racja; Portuguese: verdade; Punjabi: ਸਤਿ; Romanian: adevăr ncorectitudine, sinceritate, bună credință, veridicitate; Romansch: vardad, verdad, vardet, vardà; Russian: верность; Sanskrit: सत्य, सत्यता, तथ्य; Scottish Gaelic: fìrinn; Serbo-Croatian: istina; Sicilian: viritati, virità, virtati, virtà; Silesian: prowda; Sindhi: سچ پچ‎; Sinhalese: සත්යය; Slovak: pravda, vernosť; Slovene: zvestoba; Somali: runta; Spanish: verdad; Swahili: ukweli; Swedish: tro, trohet, troskap; Tagalog: katotohanan, totoo; Tajik: ҳақиқӣ, ҳащищат; Tamil: உண்மை; Telugu: నమ్మకము; Thai: ความจริง, สัจธรรม; Tocharian B: empreṃ; Turkish: hakikat; Ukrainian: ві́рність; Urdu: سچ‎, سچائی‎; Uzbek: haqiqat; Venetian: verità; Volapük: verat, fied; Welsh: gwir; Yiddish: אמת‎; Yoruba: otitọ; Zulu: iqiniso

veracity

Arabic: صِدْق‎; Bulgarian: правдивост; Catalan: veracitat; Czech: pravdomluvnost; Danish: oprigtighed; Esperanto: vereco; Finnish: todenmukaisuus, totuudenmukaisuus; French: véracité; Galician: veracidade; Georgian: სიმართლე, უტყუარობა; German: Aufrichtigkeit, Wahrhaftigkeit; Greek: ειλικρίνεια, εγκυρότητα, αλήθεια; Ancient Greek: ἀλήθεια, ἀλαθοσύνη, ἀληθοσύνη, ἀληθινολογία, ἀξιοπιστία, ἀψεύδεια, τἀληθές, τὸ ἀληθευτικόν; Portuguese: veracidade; Russian: правдивость; Spanish: veracidad; Swedish: sanning, uppriktighet; Tagalog: katotohanan; Telugu: బొంకమి

sincerity

Arabic: إِخْلَاص‎; Azerbaijani: səmimilik, səmimiyyət; Belarusian: шчырасць, адкрытасць; Bulgarian: искреност; Catalan: sinceritat; Cebuano: sinceridad; Chinese Mandarin: 真誠/真诚, 真心, 誠實/诚实, 真摯/真挚, 誠意/诚意; Czech: upřímnost; Danish: oprigtighed; Dutch: oprechtheid; Esperanto: sincereco; Finnish: rehellisyys, vilpittömyys; French: sincérité; German: Aufrichtigkeit, Ehrlichkeit; Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹, 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰; Greek: ειλικρίνεια; Ancient Greek: ἀλάθεα, ἀλαθεία, ἀλάθεια, ἀλήθεια, ἀληθείη, ἀπλαστία, ἁπλότης, ἀφθαρσία, ἀψεύδεια, γνησιότης, εἰλικρίνεια, εἰλικρινότης, τἀληθές, τὸ γνήσιον, φιλαλήθεια; Hungarian: egyenesség, őszinteség; Italian: sincerità; Japanese: 誠実, 誠意; Khmer: ភាពស្មោះ; Korean: 성실(誠實), 성의(誠意); Latin: sinceritas; Macedonian: искреност; Malayalam: ആത്മാർത്ഥത; Norwegian Bokmål: oppriktighet; Polish: szczerość; Portuguese: sinceridade; Romanian: sinceritate; Russian: искренность, откровенность, честность; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: и̏скрено̄ст; Roman: ȉskrenōst; Slovak: úprimnosť; Slovene: iskrenost; Spanish: sinceridad; Swedish: uppriktighet; Thai: ความจริงใจ; Turkish: samimiyet; Ukrainian: щирість, відвертість; Vietnamese: sự chân thành