szpëtôl

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Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Polish szpital.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɜtɞl/
  • Rhymes: -ɜtɞl
  • Syllabification: szpë‧tôl

Noun

szpëtôl m inan

  1. hospital (medical facility for sick people)
    Synonyms: bolëca, chwiérnica, chorowniô, lazaret
  2. (obsolete) poorhouse, almshouse

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1972) “špëtål”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 286
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “szpital”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi