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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲud͡ʑɛ/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲud͡ʑɛ/
Noun
ludzie m pers pl
- suppletive plural of człowiek; people
- (more specifically) peasants, subjects
- sprites, dwarves, elves (type of spirit or creature)
Descendants
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ludzie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ludzie”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ludzie”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ludzie”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.
Pronunciation
Noun
ludzie m pers pl
- Suppletive plural of człowiek; people
Declension
Related terms
Noun
ludzie m inan
- locative/vocative singular of lud
Trivia
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.
References
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “ludzie”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 224
Further reading
- ludzie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ludzie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ludzie”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “LUDZIE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 16.06.2020
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ludzie”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ludzie”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “ludzie”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 774
Silesian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ludzie.
Pronunciation
Noun
ludzie m pers pl
- suppletive plural of człowiek; people
Further reading