λαός

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Contents 1 Ancient Greek 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Descendants 2 Greek 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Inflection

[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

• λεώς (Attic)
• ληός (Ionic)

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [laːós]

• (Koine): IPA: [laːˈo̞s]

• (Byzantine): IPA: [laˈos]

[edit] Noun

λαός (genitive λαοῦ) m, second declension; (lāos)

1. people, people assembled, the people of a country
2. the soldiers
3. common people (as opposed to leaders or priests); the subjects of a prince

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Descendants

• Germanic:
  • Middle Dutch:
    • Dutch: leek
  • West Germanic:
    • English: lay- (layman)
  • North Germanic:
    • Swedish: lek- (lekman, "layman")
  • Old High German:
    • Middle High German:
      • German: Laie

• Modern Greek: λαϊκός (laikos, "of the people")

• Slavic:
  • Czech: laik
  • Slovak: laik

• Uralic:
  • Hungarian:laikus

• Italic:
  • Latin: laĭcus
    • Italian: laico
    • Old French: lai
      • French: laïque
    • Esperanto: laiko
    • Portuguese laico
    • Spanish: laico

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[edit] Greek

[edit] Noun

λαός (laós) m.

1. people, The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

[edit] Inflection

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ο λαός	οι λαοί
Genitive	του λαού	των λαών
Accusative	τον λαό	τους λαούς
Vocative	λαέ	λαοί