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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)
- (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)
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