lýður
See also: Lýður
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lýðr, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
Declension edit
declension of lýður
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
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 edit
- úrtak (statistics: sample)
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)