# lud
## Translingual
### Symbol

lud
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ludian.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Ludian terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lʌd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

lud (plural luds)
* (UK, pronunciation spelling) lord (used in addressing a judge)

#### Related terms

* m'lud

### Anagrams

* DLU, ULD, Dul, LDU

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish lut, ludh, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to bathe, wash”). Related to Old Norse lauðr. Cognates include Swedish lut and Icelandic lútur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈluðˀ]
* Rhymes: -uːˀð

### Noun

lud c (singular definite luden, not used in plural form)
* lye (alkaline liquid)

### Derived terms

* natronlud
* sæbelud

### Fixed Expressions

* der skal skarp lud til skurvede hoveder
* gå for lud og koldt vand

### Verb

lud
* imperative of lude

### References

* “lud” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [luːt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uːt

### Verb

lud
* first/third-person singular preterite of laden

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlut/
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: lud

### Noun

lud m inan (diminutive ludk)
* people, folk

#### Derived terms

* bezludny
* lëdowi
* bezludkòwié
* bezlëdzé
* ludowiec

#### Related terms

* lëdze

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “lud”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lud”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “lud”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lut/

### Noun

lud m inan (diminutive ludk)
* people (group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.)
* bee colony

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “lud”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “lud”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lud
* Alternative form of lede (“people”)

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

lud
* Alternative form of loud (“loud”)

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l͈uð/

### Verb

·lud
* first-person singular preterite conjunct of téit

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Middle Low German lūt, from Old Saxon hlūd.

### Adjective

lud
* loud, noisy
* boisterous

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľudъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlut/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ut
* Syllabification: lud
* Homophones: lód, lut

### Noun

lud m inan
* people, folk
* people (ordinary citizens of a country)
* people (ethnic group)

#### Derived terms

* antyludowy
* bezludny
* ludowy
* bezludnie
* ludowo
* bezludność
* bezludzie
* ludowiec
* ludowość

#### Related terms

* ludzie

### Further reading

* lud in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lud in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ludъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lûːd/

### Adjective

lȗd (Cyrillic spelling лу̑д, definite lȗdī, comparative lȕđī)
* crazy
    Ako je (t)ko lud, ne budi mu drug.If he is crazy, don’t be a friend to him.

#### Related terms

* luđakinja (silly woman)
* ludost
* luditi

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *luuta, borrowed from Baltic. Cognates include Finnish luuta.

### Noun

lud
* broom

#### Declension
## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /lɨːd/
* (South Wales) IPA: /liːd/
* Homophone: lyd (“soft mutation of llyd (“passion”)”)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lud
* Soft mutation of glud (“glue”).

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

lud
* Soft mutation of llud (“slime”).

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.