lýður

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lýðr, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːðʏr/
Rhymes: -iːðʏr

Homophone: Lýður, líður

Noun

lýður m (genitive singular lýðs, nominative plural lýðir)

populace, people, public
(statistics, uncommon) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn). The usual Icelandic term is þýði.
Synonyms: þýði, hópur, stofn

Declension

Declension of lýður (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lýður	lýðurinn	lýðir	lýðirnir
accusative	lýð	lýðinn	lýði	lýðina
dative	lýð	lýðnum	lýðum	lýðunum
genitive	lýðs	lýðsins	lýða	lýðanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

lýðfræði (“demography”)
lýðgrundaður (“population-based”)
lýðgrunduð rannsókn (“population-based study”)
lýðgrunduð skrá (“population-based registry”)
lýðgrunnaður (“population-based”)
lýðgrunnuð rannsókn (“population-based study”)
lýðgrunnuð skrá (“population-based registry”)
Lýðnetssetur (“Internet site, Net site”)
lýðrit (“demogram”)
lýðræði (“democracy”)
lýðræðislegur (“democratic”)
lýðtölfræði (“population statistics”)
lýðvalsfræði (“public-choice theory, social-choice theory”)
öreigalýður (“proletariat”)
verkalýður (“labor”)
æskulýður (“youth”)

See also

úrtak (“sample (statistics)”)

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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