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.
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