sráidbhaile
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom sráid (“street”) + baile (“town”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsráidbhaile m (genitive singular sráidbhaile, nominative plural sráidbhailte)
- village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
- Synonym: gráigbhaile
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- daon-sráidbhaile (“folk village”)
- sráidbhaile éiceolaíoch (“eco-village”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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sráidbhaile | shráidbhaile after an, tsráidbhaile |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sráidbhaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sráidbhaile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “sráidbhaile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025