/ʎûːdi/
OriginInherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudьje, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaudejes, nominative plural of *ljáudis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis, from *h₁lewdʰ-.
- people, men
“Dva čovjeka su išla cestom.” — Two men walked down the street.
“Pet ljudi je išlo cestom.” — Five people walked down the street.
- colloquialguys, you guys (group of familiar people of any or mixed gender)
- vocativeeverybody, everyone (addressing a group of people)
Formsljȗdi(canonical, masculine, plural) · singular: čovjek(canonical) · čovek(canonical) · љу̑ди(Cyrillic) · čovjek(nominative, singular) · ljȗdi(nominative, plural) · čovjeka(genitive, singular) · ljúdī(genitive, plural) · čovjeku(dative, singular) · ljúdima(dative, plural) · čovjeka(accusative, singular) · ljȗde(accusative, plural) · čovječe(singular, vocative) · ljȗdi(plural, vocative) · čovjeku(locative, singular) · ljúdima(locative, plural) · čovjekom(instrumental, singular) · ljúdima(instrumental, plural)