людина

See also: људина

Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to Old East Slavic людиѥ (ljudije) and Old Church Slavonic людиє (ljudie), from Proto-Slavic *ljudъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (men, people). Cognate with Lithuanian liaudis (people), Latvian ļaudis (people), German Leute (people), Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), Latin līber, līberī.

Pronunciation

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Noun

люди́на (ljudýna) f anim (genitive люди́ни, nominative plural лю́ди)

  1. man, person, human being, singular of люди (a people, folk, mankind, men).
  2. An individual embodying superior intellectual or moral qualities, a mensch.

Declension

Pronoun

люди́на (ljudýna) f

  1. one, oneself

References

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