люд

See also: луд

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲut]

• Audio:

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Noun

люд • (ljud) m inan (genitive лю́да, uncountable) (collective noun, no plural)

1. people, folk

   ме́лкий городско́й люд ― mélkij gorodskój ljud ― the petty townfolk

   крестья́нский люд ― krestʹjánskij ljud ― peasant folk, country folk

Usage notes

The word люд, which is a collective noun, is a separate word from люди.

Declension

Declension of люд (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	лю́д ljúd
genitive	лю́да ljúda
dative	лю́ду ljúdu
accusative	лю́д ljúd
instrumental	лю́дом ljúdom
prepositional	лю́де ljúde

Derived terms

• рабо́чий лю́д (rabóčij ljúd)

See also

• лю́ди (ljúdi)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲud]

Noun

люд • (ljud) m inan (genitive лю́ду, uncountable) (collective noun, no plural)

1. (literary) people, folk

Usage notes

The word люд, which is a collective noun, is a separate word from лю́ди (ljúdy, “people”, plural noun).

Declension

Declension of люд (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	люд ljud
genitive	лю́ду ljúdu
dative	лю́дові, лю́ду ljúdovi, ljúdu
accusative	люд ljud
instrumental	лю́дом ljúdom
locative	лю́ду, лю́ді ljúdu, ljúdi
vocative	лю́де ljúde

Derived terms

• людськи́й (ljudsʹkýj)

See also

• наро́д (naród)

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “люд”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “люд”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)