lasarett
Swedish
Etymology
From Italian lazzaretto, named after Santa Maria di Nazareth or Nazarethum, a maritime quarantine station on an island of the Ventian lagoon (modern name: Lazzaretto Vecchio), with influence of lazzaro (“leper”), 15th c. Cognate with English lazaretto.
Noun
lasarett n
- A bigger type of hospital.
- Synonym: sjukhus (“hospital”)
Declension
| Declension of lasarett | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lasarett | lasarettet | lasarett | lasaretten |
| Genitive | lasaretts | lasarettets | lasaretts | lasarettens |
Derived terms
- lassis (colloquial, rare)
See also
- hospital (dated)
- spetal (obsolete)
- helgeandshus (obsolete)
Anagrams
- altarets