slimnieks

Latvian

Etymology

From slims (“sick, ill”) +‎ -nieks. A neologism coined in the late 18th century by by Gotthard Friedrich Stender.[1]

Noun

slimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: slimniece)

  1. (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

Declension of slimnieks (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative slimnieks slimnieki
genitive slimnieka slimnieku
dative slimniekam slimniekiem
accusative slimnieku slimniekus
instrumental slimnieku slimniekiem
locative slimniekā slimniekos
vocative slimniek slimnieki

References

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