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 Case Singular Plural Nominative sráidbhaile sráidbhailte Vocative a shráidbhaile a shráidbhailte Genitive sráidbhaile sráidbhailte Dative sráidbhaile sráidbhailte

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sráidbhaile	shráidbhaile after an, tsráidbhaile	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) “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, 2013-2024