Definify.com

Definition 2024


ļaudis

ļaudis

See also: laudis, laŭdis, and ļaudīs

Latvian

Noun

ļaudis m (6th declension, irregular gender)

  1. people (a number of human individuals)
    gudri ļaudis ― smart, intelligent people
    veci ļaudis ― old people
    liels ļaužu pulks ― big crowd (lit. crowd of people)
    ļaužu straume ― a stream of people
    ļaužu pilns laukums ― an area full of people
  2. people (individuals associated with an occupation, place, social status)
    lauku ļaudis ― rural people
    rūpnīcas ļaudis ― factory people
    kaimiņu ļaudis ― neighboring people
    darba ļaudis, darbaļaudis, darbļaudis ― working people, workers

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), ļaudis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7