ludzie

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Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲud͡ʑɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲud͡ʑɛ/

Noun[edit]

ludzie vir

  1. Suppletive plural of człowiek; people
  2. (more specifically) peasants, subjects
  3. sprites, dwarves, elves (type of spirit or creature)

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: ludzie
  • Silesian: ludzie

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ludzie vir

  1. Suppletive plural of człowiek; people

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

adjective
noun
phrase
proverb

Noun[edit]

ludzie m inan

  1. locative/vocative singular of lud

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ludzie is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 68 times in scientific texts, 36 times in news, 122 times in essays, 165 times in fiction, and 194 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 585 times, making it the 78th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “ludzie”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 224

Further reading[edit]

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ludzie vir

  1. Suppletive plural of człowiek; people

Further reading[edit]