Szpitalny

Szpitalny is a Polish adjective meaning “pertaining to a hospital” or “intended for use in a hospital.” It describes things connected with hospitals, such as equipment, staff, care, or conditions. The term is commonly used in medical and everyday language when specifying relation to hospital settings.

It is formed from the noun szpital (hospital) with the standard adjectival suffix -ny. Like other Polish adjectives, szpitalny inflects for gender, number, and case: szpitalny (masculine singular), szpitalna (feminine singular), szpitalne (neuter singular); szpitalni (masculine personal plural), and szpitalne in the other plural forms. The genitive forms are szpitalnego (singular) and szpitalnych (plural).

Typical collocations include sprzęt szpitalny (hospital equipment), personel szpitalny (hospital staff), warunki szpitalne (hospital conditions), and opieka szpitalna (hospital care). These combinations are common in hospital contexts, health care administration, and medical reporting, as well as in descriptions of hospital routines and services.

Note that szpitalny should be understood as relating specifically to hospitals and not to other institutions. It can appear in phrases describing systems, processes, or items designed for hospital use, as well as in descriptive text about hospital life or health care services. The word forms part of standard Polish vocabulary for discussing medical environments and related topics.