About this word

Sráid is a feminine noun that means street.

It is prefixed with a t here because of the preceding preposition (which puts it in the dative case) and definite article.

Singular feminine nouns and the t- prefix

In standard Irish orthography, a t is prefixed (without a hyphen) to singular feminine nouns when they meet all of the following three conditions:

• They are in the nominative or dative case.
• They are preceded by the definite article.
• They begin with sl, sn, sr or s + vowel.