slimnīca

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === (obsolete form) slimnīce === Etymology === From slims (“sick, ill”) +‎ -nīca. A neologism coined in the 1870s by Krišjānis Valdemārs or Fricis Brīvzemnieks in 1872, 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === slimnīca f (4th declension) hospital (medical institution for in-patient treatment) pilsēta slimnīca ― city hospital rajona slimnīca ― district hospital bērnu slimnīca ― children's hospital klīniskā slimnīca ― clinic hospital slimnīcas palātas ― hospital rooms slimnīcas nodaļas ― hospital departments psihiatriskā slimnīca ― psychiatric hospital nosūtīt uz slimnīcu ― to send to hospital (no)gulēt, ārstēties slimnīcā ― to sleep, to receive treatment in hospital pagulēt slimnīca ― to stay a short time in hospital izrakstīt no slimnīcas ― to discharge from hospital ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== slimība slimnieks, slimniece === References ===