slimnīca

See also: slimnīcā

Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From slims (“sick, ill”) +‎ -nīca. A neologism coined in the 1870s by by Krišjānis Valdemārs or by Fricis Brīvzemnieks in 1872, initially in the form slimnīce. The modern form slimnīca appeared already in the following decade. It replaced older expressions like sērgīgu viets, gaudeņu nams, neveselu nams, slimnieku nams, slimnieku māja, and others.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

slimnīca f (4th declension)

  1. hospital (medical institution for in-patient treatment)
    pilsēta slimnīca ― city hospital
    rajona slimnīca ― district hospital
    bērnu slimnīca ― children's hospital
    klīniskā slimnīca ― clinic hospital
    slimnīcas palātas ― hospital rooms
    slimnīcas nodaļas ― hospital departments
    psihiatriskā slimnīca ― psychiatric hospital
    nosūtīt uz slimnīcu ― to send to hospital
    (no)gulēt, ārstēties slimnīcā ― to sleep, to receive treatment in hospital
    pagulēt slimnīca ― to stay a short time in hospital
    izrakstīt no slimnīcas ― to discharge from hospital

Declension

Declension of slimnīca (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative slimnīca slimnīcas
genitive slimnīcas slimnīcu
dative slimnīcai slimnīcām
accusative slimnīcu slimnīcas
instrumental slimnīcu slimnīcām
locative slimnīcā slimnīcās
vocative slimnīca slimnīcas

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “slimnīca”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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