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ludzie

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See also: ludżie

Old Polish

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    ludzie m pers pl

    1. (attested in Lesser Poland) suppletive plural of człowiek; people
    2. (more specifically, attested in Greater Poland, Kuyavia) peasants, subjects
      • 1959 [1391], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty poznańskie, volume I, number 121, Poznań:
        Sziman ne poslal swich ludzi na Parcowo
        [Szyman nie posłał swych ludzi na Parkowo]
      • 1897 [1420], Teki Adolfa Pawińskiego[2], volume VII, number 1413, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship:
        Domina Pronka... debet... intromissionem dare domino Scarbkoni... super decem sexagenis super fundatis hominibus in Bellszewa, in centum sexagenis vlg. yszczini et X sexagenis census, id est na osadlich ludzech
        [Domina Prońka... debet... intromissionem dare domino Scarbkoni... super decem sexagenis super fundatis hominibus in Bielszewa, in centum sexagenis vlg. iścini et X sexagenis census, id est na osiadłych ludziech]

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Polish: ludzie
    • Silesian: ludzie

    References

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    Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.

      Pronunciation

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      • Rhymes: -ud͡ʑɛ
      • Syllabification: lu‧dzie

      Noun

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      ludzie m pers pl

      1. Suppletive plural of człowiek; people

      Declension

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      adjective
      noun

      Noun

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      ludzie m inan

      1. locative/vocative singular of lud

      Trivia

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      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

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

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      Silesian

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        ludzie m pers pl

        1. suppletive plural of człowiek; people

        Further reading

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