slimnieks
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From slims (“sick, ill”) + -nieks. A neologism coined in the late 18th century by Gotthard Friedrich Stender.[1]
Noun[edit]
slimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: slimniece)
- (male) sick person, patient (i.e., a person (especially a man) having a health problem)
- gripas slimnieks ― flu patient
- nieru slimnieks ― kidney patient
- izmeklēt slimnieku ― to investigate the patient
- smags slimnieks ― heavy (= severely sick) patient
- hronisks slimnieks ― chronic patient
Declension[edit]
Declension of slimnieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | slimnieks | slimnieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | slimnieku | slimniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | slimnieka | slimnieku |
| dative (datīvs) | slimniekam | slimniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | slimnieku | slimniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | slimniekā | slimniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | slimniek | slimnieki |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slims”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN