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slimnieks

slimnieks

Latvian

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

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), slims”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7