люд

See also: луд

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲut]

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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

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

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

Derived terms

• рабо́чий лю́д (rabóčij ljúd)

Related terms

• лю́ди m anim pl (ljúdi)

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲud]

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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

	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

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

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)