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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Polish szpital.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpɜ.tɞl/
- Rhymes: -ɜtɞl
- Syllabification: szpë‧tôl
Noun
szpëtôl m inan
- hospital (medical facility for sick people)
- Synonyms: bolëca, chwiérnica, chorowniô, lazaret
- (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