sráid

See also: sràid

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sráit, borrowed from Old English strǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Late Latin strāta (possibly via Old English strǣt).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠɑːdʲ/, [sˠɾˠɑː(i̯)dʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠaːdʲ/, [ʂ(ɽ)aːdʲ]

Noun

sráid f (genitive singular sráide, nominative plural sráideanna or sráideacha)

1. street
2. level (surfaced) ground around house
3. village

Declension

Declension of sráid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sráid sráideanna Vocative a shráid a shráideanna Genitive sráide sráideanna Dative sráid sráideanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsráid na sráideanna Genitive na sráide na sráideanna Dative leis an tsráid don tsráid leis na sráideanna

• Alternative plural: sráideacha

Derived terms

• bean sráide
• caolsráid
• colm sráide
• cúlsráid
• mórshráid
• oileán sráide
• orgán sráide
• príomhshráid
• sráid aontreo
• sráidbhaile
• sráideacht
• sráideánach
• sráidéigeas
• sráideog
• sráideoireacht
• sráidí
• taobhshráid
• uamhan sráide

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sráid	shráid after an, tsráid	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sráid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sráid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sráid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024