људи
See also: люди
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudejes, nominative plural of *ljáudis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis.
Noun edit
љу̑ди m pl (Latin spelling ljȗdi); singular: čȍvjek / čȍvek)
- people, men
- Два човјека су ишла цестом.
- Two men walked down the street.
- Пет људи је ишло цестом.
- Five people walked down the street.
- (colloquial) guys, you guys (group of familiar people of any or mixed gender)
- (vocative) everybody, everyone (addressing a group of people)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of људи
singular | plural | |
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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 |