ljudi

From Proto-Slavic *ljudьje (“people, men”),from Proto-Balto-Slavic *leudeiěs (“people, men”) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ʎûːdi/
• Hyphenation: lju‧di

ljȗdi m pl (Cyrillic spelling љу̑ди) (singular: čȍvjek / čȍvek)

1. people, men

   Dva čovjeka su išla cestom — Two men walked down the street.

   Pet ljudi je išlo cestom. — Five people walked down the street.

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 for 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 34, etc., whereas the singular form is used for 21, 31, 41, etc.) which bind plural form of čȍvjek / čȍvek.