Sráidín Lloyd / Lloyd’s Lane

Sráidín Lloyd / Lloyd’s Lane is a small street in Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Vocabulary:

sráid = street
sráidín = small street

sráidín Lloyd = a small street of Lloyd

Grammar:

In Irish diminutives can be formed by adding a suffix “-ín”. If the last consonant of a noun is broad then it has to be palatalised (with a few exceptions).

sráid > sráidín
éan (bird) > éinín (small bird)
cat (cat) > caitín (small cat)
fear (man) > firín (small man; dwarf)
carr (car) > cairrín (small car, pushcart)
srón (nose) > sróinín (small nose)
súil (eye) < súilín (small eye; eyelet)
cluas (ear) > cluaisín (small ear)
crann (tree) > crainnín (small tree)
bláth (flower) > bláithín (small flower, floweret)
cloch (stone) > cloichín (small stone)
teach (house) > teachín, tigín (small house, cottage)
Seán (John) > Seáinín (Johnny)
Máire (Mary) > Máirín (small Mary)

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