szpëtôl

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Polish szpital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpɜtɞl/
• Rhymes: -ɜtɞl
• Syllabification: szpë‧tôl

Noun

szpëtôl m inan

1. hospital (medical facility for sick people)

   Synonyms: bolëca, chwiérnica, chorowniô, lazaret

2. (obsolete) poorhouse, almshouse

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1972) “špëtål”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 286
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “szpital”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]