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Ukrainian
Etymology
From не́- (né-) + люд (ljud, “people”). Compare Russian не́людь (néljudʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
не́люд • (néljud) m pers (genitive не́люда, nominative plural не́люди, genitive plural не́людів)
- (derogatory) beast, monster, villain, a very cruel person
Declension
Declension of не́люд (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “не́люд”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “нелюд”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “не́люд”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN