ľudia

See also: Ludia and ludía

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljáudis

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudejes

Proto-Slavic *ľudьje

Slovak ľudia

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʎuɟɪ̯a/, (high register) [ˈʎuɟɪ̯a], (common) [ˈluɟɪ̯a]

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• Rhymes: -uɟɪ̯a
• Hyphenation: ľu‧dia

Noun

ľudia m pers pl

1. people
2. nominative/vocative plural of človek

Declension

Declension of ľudia

	plurale tantum
nominative	ľudia
genitive	ľudí
dative	ľuďom
accusative	ľudí
locative	ľuďoch
instrumental	ľuďmi

Related terms

• človek
• ľud
• ľudský

Further reading

• “ľudia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026