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: Case Singular Plural Nominative ospidéal ospidéil Vocative a ospidéil a ospidéala Genitive ospidéil ospidéal Dative ospidéal ospidéil

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ospitél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ospidéal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ospidéal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024