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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ospitél (compare Scottish Gaelic ospadal), from Anglo-Norman ospitel, from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ospidéal m (genitive singular ospidéil, nominative plural ospidéil)
- hospital (building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ospidéal
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n-ospidéal
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hospidéal
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t-ospidéal
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ospidéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ospidéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ospidéal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024