људи

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See also: люди

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudejes, nominative plural of *ljáudis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis.

Noun

љу̑ди m pl (Latin spelling ljȗdi); singular: čȍvjek / čȍvek)

  1. people, men
    Два човјека су ишла цестом.
    Two men walked down the street.
    Пет људи је ишло цестом.
    Five people walked down the street.
  2. (colloquial) guys, you guys (group of familiar people of any or mixed gender)
  3. (vocative) everybody, everyone (addressing a group of people)

Usage notes

This plural form takes suppletive stem in the singular, as can be seen in the declension table. Old dual forms have been preserved in the counting for 2, 3, 4 (also in 11, 12, 13, 14 etc.) which bind plural form of чо̏вјек / чо̏век.

Declension

Declension of људи
singular plural
nominative чо̏вјек / чо̏век љу̑ди
genitive чо̏вјека / чо̏века љу́дӣ
dative чо̏вјеку / чо̏веку љу́дима
accusative чо̏вјека / чо̏века љу̑де
vocative чо̏вјече / чо̏вече љу̑ди
locative чо̏вјеку / чо̏веку љу́дима
instrumental чо̏вјеком / чо̏веком љу́дима
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