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]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[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN