ljudi
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[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ljudъ (“people, men”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-.
[edit] Noun
ljȗdi m. (Cyrillic spelling љу̑ди) (singular: čȍvjek / čȍvek)
- people, men
- Dva čovjeka su išla cestom — Two men walked down the street.
- Pet ljudi je išlo cestom. — Five people walked down the street.
[edit] Declension
declension of ljudi
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȍvjek | ljȗdi |
| genitive | čovjeka | ljúdī |
| dative | čovjeku | ljudima |
| accusative | čovjeka | ljude |
| vocative | čovječe | ljudi |
| locative | čovjeku | ljudima |
| instrumental | čovjekom | ljudima |
[edit] Usage notes
This plural form takes suppletive stem in the singular, as can be seen in the declension table. Old dual forms have been preserved in the counting for 2, 3, 4 (also in 11, 12, 13, 14 etc.) which bind plural form of čȍvjek / čȍvek.
