люд

See also: луд

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľudъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“men, people”).

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)