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)

  1. hospital
    Synonyms: taigh-eiridinn, taigh-leighis, taigh-tinneis

Mutation

Mutation of ospadal
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ospadal n-ospadal h-ospadal t-ospadal

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ospadal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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