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Russian
Etymology
не- (ne-, “not”) + лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”). Compare Ukrainian не́люд (néljud).
Pronunciation
Noun
не́людь • (néljudʹ) m anim (genitive не́людя, nominative plural не́люди, genitive plural не́людей)
не́людь • (néljudʹ) f anim (genitive не́люди, nominative plural не́люди, genitive plural не́людей)
- (derogatory) beast, monster, villain, a very cruel person
2004, Сыны Севера (lyrics and music), “Разочарование”, in Орлиный взор:Но кто сража́лся, тот и бу́дет сража́ться,
Не до побе́дного конца́, а до сме́рти свое́й
И бу́дет он кро́вью харка́ться,
но не за что не возлю́бит э́тих не́людей
- No kto sražálsja, tot i búdet sražátʹsja,
Ne do pobédnovo koncá, a do smérti svojéj
I búdet on króvʹju xarkátʹsja,
no ne za što ne vozljúbit étix néljudej
- Who fought, he will fight,
Not unto a victorious end, but to his death
And he will spit blood,
But no way he will come to love these non-humans
Declension
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feminine