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lud

lud

See also: lúd and lûd

English

Noun

lud (plural luds)

  1. (Britain, eye dialect) lord (used in addressing a judge)

Related terms


Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uð

Verb

lud

  1. imperative of lude

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [luːt]
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

lud

  1. First-person singular preterite of laden.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of laden.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ljudъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (men, people). Cognate with Upper Sorbian lud, Polish lud, Czech lid, Russian люд (ljud), Old Church Slavonic людъ (ljudŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lut]

Noun

lud m (diminutive ludk)

  1. people (group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.)
  2. bee colony

Declension


Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ljudъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (men, people).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lut̪/
  • Homophones: lód, lut

Noun

lud m inan

  1. the people; ordinary citizens of a country
  2. people, ethnic group

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ludъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lûːd/

Adjective

lȗd (definite lȗdī, comparative lȕđī, Cyrillic spelling лу̑д)

  1. crazy
    Ako je ko lud, ne budi mu drug.
    If he is crazy, don’t be a friend to him.

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