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Etymology edit

From люд (ljud) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -їд (-jid). Compare Russian людое́д (ljudojéd), Belarusian людае́д (ljudajéd), Polish ludojad.

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  • IPA(key): [lʲʊdɔˈjid]
  • (file)

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людої́д (ljudojídm pers (genitive людої́да, nominative plural людої́ди, genitive plural людої́дів, feminine людої́дка, relational adjective людої́дський or людої́дний)

  1. cannibal, man-eater
  2. (mythology) ogre (a type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh)

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