slimnieks

Latvian

Etymology

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

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 (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

• slimība
• slimnīca
• slimot