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

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɔsˠpʲəˈdʲeːl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɔsˠpʲədʲeːlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈʌsˠpʲədʲælˠ/

Noun

ospidéal m (genitive singular ospidéil, nominative plural ospidéil)

  1. hospital (building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying)

Declension

Declension of ospidéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ospidéal ospidéil
vocative a ospidéil a ospidéala
genitive ospidéil ospidéal
dative ospidéal ospidéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ospidéal na hospidéil
genitive an ospidéil na n-ospidéal
dative leis an ospidéal
don ospidéal 		leis na hospidéil

Derived terms

  • ospidéal ceantair (“district hospital”)
  • ospidéal machaire (“field hospital”)
  • ospidéal fiabhrais (“fever hospital”)
  • ospidéal máithreachais (“maternity hospital”)
  • ospidéal leithlise (“isolation hospital”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ospidéal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ospidéal n-ospidéal hospidéal t-ospidéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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