λαϊκός

From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).^[1]

λᾱϊκός • (lāïkós) m (feminine λᾱϊκή, neuter λᾱϊκόν); first/second declension

1. of or from the people, common
2. unofficial, civilian
3. not consecrated or holy
4. (nominalized) layman

• Greek: λαϊκός (laïkós)
• Latin: lāicus (see there for further descendants)

• λαϊκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λαϊκός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “λαϊκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Ancient Greek λᾱϊκός (lāïkós, “of the people”), from λᾱός (lāós, “crowd, people”).

• IPA^(key): /la.iˈkos/

λαϊκός • (laïkós) m (feminine λαϊκή, neuter λαϊκό)

1. popular, people's (people’s) (relating to the people)

   Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας ― Laïkí Dimokratía tis Kínas ― People's Republic of China

2. folk (customs, dance, etc.)

   λαϊκά τραγούδια ― laïká tragoúdia ― folk songs

3. lay, secular (not ecclesiastical, nonclergy)
4. working class, lower class
5. vulgar, cheap (goods, clothing, etc.)
6. (lexicography) colloquial, common (words, language)

   Synonym: (dictionary abbreviation) λαϊκ. (laïk.)

• αντιλαϊκός (antilaïkós, “unpopular”)
• λαϊκός m (laïkós, “layman”)
• λαϊκή f (laïkí, “street market”)
• λαϊκά n pl (laïká, “folksong, folk music”)

λαϊκός • (laïkós) m (plural λαϊκοί)

1. layman