ospidéal
Irish
Alternative forms
- óspaidéal
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
Declension of ospidéal
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ospidéal ceantair (“district hospital”)
- ospidéal machaire (“field hospital”)
- ospidéal fiabhrais (“fever hospital”)
- ospidéal máithreachais (“maternity hospital”)
- ospidéal leithlise (“isolation hospital”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ospidéal | n-ospidéal | hospidéal | t-ospidéal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ospidéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “ospidéal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ospidéal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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