slimnieks

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Latvian

Etymology

From slims (sick, ill) +‎ -nieks. A neologism coined in the late 18th century 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 slimnieksflu patient
    nieru slimniekskidney patient
    izmeklēt slimniekuto investigate the patient
    smags slimnieksheavy (= severely sick) patient
    hronisks slimniekschronic patient

Declension

References

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