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Ukrainian
Etymology
From люд (ljud) + -о- (-o-) + -їд (-jid). Compare Russian людое́д (ljudojéd), Belarusian людае́д (ljudajéd), Polish ludojad.
Pronunciation
Noun
людої́д • (ljudojíd) m pers (genitive людої́да, nominative plural людої́ди, genitive plural людої́дів, feminine людої́дка, relational adjective людої́дський or людої́дний)
- cannibal, man-eater
- (mythology) ogre (a type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh)
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Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “людоїд”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “людоїд”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “людоїд”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “людоїд”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “людоїд”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “людоїд”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)