lýður
See also: Lýður
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lýðr, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Noun
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
declension of lýður
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lýður | lýðurinn | lýðir | lýðirnir |
| accusative | lýð | lýðinn | lýði | lýðina |
| dative | lýð | lýðnum | lýðum | lýðunum |
| genitive | lýðs | lýðsins | lýða | lýðanna |
Derived terms
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
See also
- úrtak (statistics: sample)
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
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