slims

See also: Slims

English

Verb

slims

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slim

Noun

slims

1. plural of slim

Anagrams

• misls

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German slim or from Middle Dutch slim (“twisted, crooked; bad, evil”); compare also German schlimm (“bad, evil; (col.) sick”). First attested in the 17th century, mostly with meanings such as “bad”, “useless”, “inappropriate”, “evil”, or “wild”, or more rarely “sick”. This last meaning “sick” was apparently more frequent in Southern Kurzeme dialects; in Vidzeme, this meaning was not attested still in the 18th century. It became more frequent in written Latvian with the works of G. F. Stenders in the late 18th century, especially his dictionary, in which German krank was translated as slims, and in which slims was no longer translated as “bad,” “useless”. Stenders also coined the terms slimība, slimnieks, apslimt and slimēties (but curiously not slimot, which appeared only in the 19th century).

Adjective

slims (definite slimais, comparative slimāks, superlative visslimākais, adverb slimi)

1. sick, ill, diseased (having a disturbance in the normal functioning of the body or one or some of its parts)

   slims bērns ― sick child

   slima sievete ― sick woman

   slims kuņģis ― sick stomach

   slimi zobi ― diseased teeth

   ārstēt slimās acis ― to treat sick, diseased eyes

   slima ābele ― sick apple tree

   slims zieds ― sick flower

   justies slimam ― to feel sick

   viņš jau vairākas dienas ir slims ― he has been sick for several days

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of slims

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	slims	slimi		slima	slimas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	slimu	slimus		slimu	slimas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	slima	slimu		slimas	slimu
dative (datīvs)	slimam	slimiem		slimai	slimām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	slimu	slimiem		slimu	slimām
locative (lokatīvs)	slimā	slimos		slimā	slimās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Antonyms

• vesels

Derived terms

• slimība
• slimnīca
• slimīgs
• slimnieks, slimniece
• slimot