простолюдин

Russian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic простълюдинъ (prostŭljudinŭ), from про́стъ (próstŭ, simple, ordinary) and людинъ (ljudinŭ, free man); see просто́й (prostój) and лю́ди (ljúdi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prəstəlʲʉˈdʲin]

Noun

простолюди́н (prostoljudín) m anim (genitive простолюди́на, nominative plural простолюди́ны, genitive plural простолюди́нов)

  1. commoner

Declension

Derived terms

  • простолюдинка (prostoljudinka)

References

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