sráid

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠɑːdʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɾˠæːdʲ/
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Noun

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

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 f (“prostitute”, euphemism, literally “street woman”)
caolsráid f (“alley”)
colm sráide m (“London pigeon”)
cúlsráid f (“back street”)
mórshráid f (“high street”)
oileán sráide m (“traffic island”)
orgán sráide m (“street organ”)
sráid aontreo f (“one-way street”)
sráidbhaile m (“village”)
taobhshráid f (“side street”)
uamhan sráide m (“agoraphobia”)

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.

References

"sráid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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