slimnieks
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]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | slimnieks | slimnieki |
| genitive | slimnieka | slimnieku |
| dative | slimniekam | slimniekiem |
| accusative | slimnieku | slimniekus |
| instrumental | slimnieku | slimniekiem |
| locative | slimniekā | slimniekos |
| vocative | slimniek | slimnieki |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slims”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN