sráit

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse stræti or Old English strǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *strātu, from Late Latin strāta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sraːdʲ/

Noun

sráit f

  1. street, road, path, way

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sráitL sráitL sráitiH
Vocative sráitL sráitL sráitiH
Accusative sráitiN sráitL sráitiH
Genitive sráiteH sráiteL sráiteN
Dative sráitiL sráitib sráitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: sráid
  • Manx: straid
  • Scottish Gaelic: sràid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
sráit ṡráit unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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