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)

1. (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

Declension of людзе

	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