людзе
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak ludzie, from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje. Cognates include Slovak ľudia and Carpathian Rusyn лю́де (ljúde).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʎud͡zɛ]
- Rhymes: -ud͡zɛ
- Hyphenation: лю‧дзе
Noun
людзе (ljudze) m pers pl (related adjective людски)
- (suppletive) nominative plural of чловек (človek): people
- буц ґу людзом ― buc gu ljudzom ― to be polite, well-mannered (literally, “to be towards people”)
- буц до людзох ― buc do ljudzox ― to be an honest person (literally, “to be to the people”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | людзе (ljudze) |
| genitive | — | людзох (ljudzox) |
| dative | — | людзом (ljudzom) |
| accusative | — | людзох (ljudzox) |
| instrumental | — | людзми (ljudzmi) |
| locative | — | людзох (ljudzox) |
| vocative | — | людзе (ljudze) |
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “людзе”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy