slimnīca

See also: slimnīcā

Latvian

Slimnīca
Slimnīcas palāta

Alternative forms

Etymology

From slims (sick, ill) + -nīca. A neologism coined in the 1870s by K. Valdemārs, or by F. Brīvzemneiks, initially in the form slimnīce. The modern form slimnīca appeared already in the following decade. It replaced older expressions like sērgīgu viets, gaudeņu nams, neveselu nams, slimnieku nams, slimnieku māja, and others.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

slimnīca f (4th declension)

  1. hospital (medical institution for in-patient treatment)
    pilsēta slimnīcacity hospital
    rajona slimnīcadistrict hospital
    bērnu slimnīcachildren's hospital
    klīniskā slimnīcaclinic hospital
    slimnīcas palātashospital rooms
    slimnīcas nodaļashospital departments
    psihiatriskā slimnīcapsychiatric hospital
    nosūtīt uz slimnīcuto send to hospital
    (no)gulēt, ārstēties slimnīcāto sleep, to receive treatment in hospital
    pagulēt slimnīcato stay a short time in hospital
    izrakstīt no slimnīcasto discharge from hospital

Declension

References

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