ysbyty

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yspyty, a compound of yspyt + ty (“house”) (modern tŷ). The first element is from Proto-Brythonic *öspɨd, from Latin hospitium (“hospitality; inn”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈbətɨ̞/, [əsˈpətɨ̞]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈsbətɨ̞/, [ˈspətɨ̞]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /əsˈbəti/, [əsˈpəti]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈsbəti/, [ˈspəti]
• Rhymes: -ətɨ̞

Noun

ysbyty m (plural ysbytai)

1. a hospital

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
ysbyty	unchanged	unchanged	hysbyty
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.