samarier

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

samarier c

  1. Samaritan (a native or inhabitant of Samaria)
    Synonym: samarit
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Lukasevangeliet 10:33 [Luke 10:33]”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 9 September 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 News Agency, “Riksdagsåret inleds med pompa och ståt [The parliamentary year kicks off with pomp and circumstance]”, in Sveriges Television‎[2], archived from the original on 9 September 2025:
      Just samarierna var de främmande, de ratade av sin tid.
      The Samaritans, in particular, were the foreigners—the outcasts 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

References

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