Ľudmila

See also: Ludmila, Ludmiła, and Ludmiłą

Old Czech

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *ľȗdъ (“people, nation”) +‎ *milъ (“dear, kind”) +‎ *-a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈludmiɫa/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlidmila/

Proper noun

Ľudmila f

a female given name

Declension

Declension of Ľudmila (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Ľudmila	Ľudmile	Ľudmily
genitive	Ľudmily	Ľudmilú	Ľudmil
dative	Ľudmile	Ľudmilama	Ľudmilám
accusative	Ľudmilu	Ľudmile	Ľudmily
vocative	Ľudmilo	Ľudmile	Ľudmily
locative	Ľudmile	Ľudmilú	Ľudmilách
instrumental	Ľudmilú	Ľudmilama	Ľudmilami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Ľudmila”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʎudmila]

Proper noun

Ľudmila f

a female given name

Declension

Declension of *Ľudmila*
(pattern *žena*)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ľudmila	Ľudmily
genitive	Ľudmily	Ľudmíl
dative	Ľudmile	Ľudmilám
accusative	Ľudmilu	Ľudmily
locative	Ľudmile	Ľudmilách
instrumental	Ľudmilou	Ľudmilami

Derived terms

Ľudmilka
Ľuda, Ľudka
Ľudina, Ľudinka

Further reading

“Ľudmila”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025