Pava is who? The meaning of the word "pava"
The great Russian poet immortalized this word with a bold stroke of his pen. In the tale of Alexander Sergeevich, the princess performed "like a pava". Has the poet praised her or laughed at her?
Definition
The meaning of the word is rather trivial, nothinghigh-flown in it there. Pava is a bird, more precisely, a female, or more precisely a female peacock. Just like a sparrow - a sparrow, an eagle - an eagle, a rooster has a chicken, so a peacock has a pava.
The meaning of the word "pava"
Always in human speech are presentcomparisons, including metaphors, when people are given signs, qualities, models of behavior of animals. He's as sharp as an eagle; dirty as a pig; awkward like an elephant. Even if in fact the animal does not possess these qualities, they are only invented by man (pigs are pretty clean animals, the elephant can be very quick and agile).
But not in the case of pava. Have you seen a peacock female in a zoo? Have you noticed how she keeps herself? Watching these wonderful birds, you can see that they themselves give themselves the first place in the contest of bird beauty. Their movements are always smooth, there is no fuss, they look proudly, the beak is raised upwards, as if indeed the pava is the queen among the birds!
All these qualities are appropriated to a woman, calling her pava:
- note its external beauty;
- proud posture;
- slow and smooth movements;
- calm, restrained manner of communication.
Neither fish nor fowl
But, as they say, everything is good in moderation. If the above qualities are expressed in a woman in good self-esteem, restraint and elegance, then, of course, "pava" is a compliment.
When she is haughty, proud, prejudiced, her behavior is inappropriate, there is nothing to be proud of, although in this case it can be called a pava. Each stick has two ends.
There is also an expression about the pav and the crow: a pier neither to that, nor to this detachment of birds of the discussed person can not be attributed. Everyone here takes it as they want. You can be offended by uncertainty, and you can and rejoice in the golden middle.
In the true sense, albeit allegorical,pava is a word with an exceptionally positive meaning. Majestic, proud, sedate, stately, slender, beautiful. And you wanted to "pass through"?
The negative coloring of the "pava" is given by humanfeatures, no relation to peacocks not having. When a woman is attractive, but does not know how to appreciate it, she behaves with everyone around her cheekily, arrogantly, inappropriately, disrespectfully, speaks loudly, much, not on business - this, unfortunately, is also pava. Only they say this with irony, mentioning the hen in the subtext, because the peacock belongs to the order of the Gentile.
They were domesticated in Ancient Egypt, Asyria,Arabia, were kept in the palaces of Rome and Greece, sometimes almost like chickens. Some gourmets even used their eggs for food. Although, of course, more appreciated the beauty of their plumage.
From Pushkin to the present day
The word "pava" is unlikely to be heard in a conversation forA neighboring table in a cafe or read in a modern detective. It has lost its popularity, demand, like many others (bass, sail, ryadit).
Language - as a living organism, it develops, grows, some cells (words) die (are forgotten), new ones appear.
Several hundred years ago, the great poet saida compliment to the heroine of her work. If the word "pava" was then not popular, widely used, then after the Swan Princess, probably, many proud, confident beauties heard it in their address.
Although, if specially to pay attention,it turns out that such a comparison was often used in the literature. There is a "pava" in Turgenev, Chekhov, Derzhavin, Melnikov-Pechersky, Pasternak, later - in the song of Egorov.
It is possible that this word will return to the active Russian language, and again clouds will float, girls will go, roses will open ...
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