ospadal
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish ospitél (compare Irish ospidéal), from Anglo-Norman ospitel, from Old French hospital, from Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”).
Noun
ospadal m (genitive singular ospadail, plural ospadalan)
- hospital
- Synonyms: taigh-eiridinn, taigh-leighis, taigh-tinneis
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ospadal | n-ospadal | h-ospadal | t-ospadal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ospadal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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