sráidbhaile

Irish

Etymology

From sráid (“street”) +‎ baile (“town”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɾˠɑːdʲwalʲə/

Noun

sráidbhaile m (genitive singular sráidbhaile, nominative plural sráidbhailte)

1. village (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)

   Synonym: gráigbhaile

Declension

Declension of sráidbhaile (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sráidbhaile sráidbhailte vocative a shráidbhaile a shráidbhailte genitive sráidbhaile sráidbhailte dative sráidbhaile sráidbhailte forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sráidbhaile na sráidbhailte genitive an tsráidbhaile na sráidbhailte dative leis an sráidbhaile don sráidbhaile leis na sráidbhailte

Derived terms

• daon-sráidbhaile (“folk village”)
• sráidbhaile éiceolaíoch (“eco-village”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sráidbhaile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
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

• 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