людина
See also: људина
Ukrainian
Etymology
Related to Old East Slavic людиѥ (ljudije) and Old Church Slavonic людиє (ljudie), from Proto-Slavic *ljudъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“men, people”). Cognate with Lithuanian liaudis (“people”), Latvian ļaudis (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Latin līber, līberī.
Pronunciation
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Noun
люди́на • (ljudýna) f anim (genitive люди́ни, nominative plural лю́ди)
- man, person, human being, singular of люди (a people, folk, mankind, men).
- An individual embodying superior intellectual or moral qualities, a mensch.
Declension
Declension of люди́на
References
- людина in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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