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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Hello,
If memory serves, the Maltese word for hospital is 'sptar'.
Best,
D. Newman

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Slavomír Čéplö" <bulbulthegreat at gmail.com>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Dear Mohammed,
the standard Maltese word for "hospital" is "sptar" ("l-isptar" with
the definite article). E.g.: http://www.materdeihospital.org.mt/.
The answer to your question would be that they are indeed using a
borrowing from a Romance, but it's exact history is uknown to me.
Hope it helps :)
bulbul

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:Nizar Habash <habash at cs.columbia.edu>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Mohammed,
I found this in an online Maltese-English dictionary:  http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/engmal.htm
HOSPITAL   sptar (m)   [sptar]
Nizar Habash, Ph.D.
Columbia University
www.nizarhabash.com

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Haruko SAKAEDANI" <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

"A Hospital" is "sptar" in Maltese.(masculine)
"Hospitals" is "sptarijet."
Though i am a Japanese, a hospital is sptaR, NOT sptaL in Maltese.
Best,
Haruko

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Dr. M Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Although the Maltese dialect is enormously influenced by Arabic, the  
Maltese
for "hospital" is a loanword from English: _Sptar_.  Hope that would  
be of
some assistance.
-- 
M. Deeb
English, Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Dear Mohammed,
The Barbera Maltese-Italian dictionary of 1939 and a Maltese-English  
phrase book of 1980 both give sptar (sic), pronounced speetar,and a  
1972 dictionary of Maltese proverbs by Aquilina gives a proverb with  
the word furmarija, translated "Infirmary (Hospital)".
best of luck to you!
Ernest McCarus

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Tressy Arts" <tressy.arts at gmail.com>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

As far as my small Maltese dictionary knows, it's sptar, which does  
sound to
me like derived from hospital.
Regards, Tressy Arts

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:mcredi at cloud9.net
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

  hospital in Maltese is ISPTAR

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Mehall, David J." <DAVID.J.MEHALL at saic.com>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Ispitar is Maltese for hospital

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Martin R. Zammit" <martin.r.zammit at um.edu.mt>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Dear Mohammed,
The word for "hospital" in Maltese is sptar (masculine singular),  
pronounced /spta:r/ (i.e. with long /a/) . The plural is sptarijiet  
where the letter /j/ corresponds to English /y/. Should you need more  
info about Maltese, do not hesitate to ask me.
Tahiyyaatii.
Dr Martin R. Zammit
Univ. of Malta

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Date: 17 Jan 2008
From:"Y.N." <youchansama at yahoo.co.jp>
Subject:Maltese word for hospital

Maltese hospital is  "sptar"  pl.="sptarijiet"
Yoichi Nagato

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