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===Noun===
===Noun===
liáudi m ''(2nd declension)''
liúodi m ''(2nd declension)''
#people (a number of human individuals)
#people (a number of human individuals)
#: '''liuoďų''' juorba - a crowd of '''people'''
#: '''liuoďų''' juorba - a crowd of '''people'''
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#: poliskė '''liuodi''' - Polish '''nation'''
#: poliskė '''liuodi''' - Polish '''nation'''
#: '''liuody''' svėto - '''nations''' of the world
#: '''liuody''' svėto - '''nations''' of the world
===Declension===
===Declension===
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Revision as of 16:31, 4 December 2017

Pomorian

Alternative forms

liuodije (plural only) - North-Western dialects ļōdī (plural only) - Eastern dialects

Etymology

From Old Pomorian ljaudijes, Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudejes. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *ljudъ ,ljudьje, Lithuanian liaudis (“people, nation”), Latvian ļaudis, Old Prussian ljūdis (“master of the house”), ljūdini (“mistress of the house”). From Proto-Indo-European h₁lewdʰeyes; compare to Old High German liuti, Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free”), Latin līber (“free”).

Pronunciation

/ˈʎuo.dɪ/

Noun

liúodi m (2nd declension)

  1. people (a number of human individuals)
    liuoďų juorba - a crowd of people
    vėsinė liuody/ vėseliuody - rural people, peasants
    juokėnė liody/ jaukaliuody - people of science, scientists
  2. peoples, nation
    pamarėskė liuodi - Pomorian nation
    poliskė liuodi - Polish nation
    liuody svėto - nations of the world

Declension