samarier

Swedish

Etymology

From Samarien (Samaria) +‎ -ier (-an).

Noun

samarier c

  1. Samaritan (a native or inhabitant of Samaria)
    Synonym: samarit
    • 1999 November 17, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Lukas 10:33”, in Bibel 2000[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 4 March 2025:
      Men en samarier som var på resa kom och fick se honom ligga där, och han fylldes av medlidande.
      But a Samaritan who was on a journey came and saw him lying there, and he was filled with compassion.
    • 2014 September 30, TT, “Riksdagsåret inleds med pompa och ståt”, in Sveriges Television[2], archived from the original on 16 February 2025:
      Just samarierna var de främmande, de ratade av sin tid.
      The Samaritans in particular were the foreign, the rejected of their time.

Declension

Declension of samarier
nominative genitive
singular indefinite samarier samariers
definite samariern samarierns
plural indefinite samarier samariers
definite samarierna samariernas

Derived terms

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