ļaudis
See also: laudis, laŭdis, and ļaudīs
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ljaudi- [Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudis], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“men, people”).
Cognates include Lithuanian liáudis (“people, nation”), Old Prussian ludis (“owner, landlord”), ludini (“owner, landlady”), ludysz (“person”), Old Church Slavonic людиє (ljudie, “people”), людинъ (ljudinŭ, “free man”), Russian лю́ди (ljúdi, “people”), Bulgarian лю́де (ljúde), Czech lidé, Slovak ľudia, Polish ludzie, Gothic *𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (*liuþs, “man”), Old High German liotan (“to grow”), liut, liuti (“people”), German Leute, Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free”) (< *leudʰeros (“free man”)), Latin liber (“free”) (also < *leudʰeros).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʎàwdis]
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Noun
ļaudis m (6th declension, irregular gender)
- people (a number of human individuals)
- gudri ļaudis ― smart, intelligent people
- veci ļaudis ― old people
- liels ļaužu pulks ― big crowd (lit. crowd of people)
- ļaužu straume ― a stream of people
- ļaužu pilns laukums ― an area full of people
- people (individuals associated with an occupation, place, social status)
- lauku ļaudis ― rural people
- rūpnīcas ļaudis ― factory people
- kaimiņu ļaudis ― neighboring people
- darba ļaudis, darbaļaudis, darbļaudis ― working people, workers
Declension
Declension of ļaudis (6th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | ļaudis |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | ļaudis |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | ļaužu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | ļaudīm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | ļaudīm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | ļaudīs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | ļaudis |
Derived terms
- darbaļaudis, darbļaudis, darba ļaudis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ļaudis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN