люд

See also: луд

Russian

люд • (ljud) m inan (genitive лю́да, uncountable) (collective noun, no plural)

people, folk
ме́лкий городско́й люд ― mélkij gorodskój ljud ― the petty townfolk

крестья́нский люд ― krestʹjánskij ljud ― peasant folk, country folk

The word люд, which is a collective noun, is a separate word from люди.

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “люд”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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люд • (ljud) m inan (genitive лю́ду, uncountable) (collective noun, no plural)

The word люд, which is a collective noun, is a separate word from лю́ди (ljúdy, “people”, plural noun).

Declension of люд (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “люд”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
“люд”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)