pátrún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French patrone either directly or via Middle English patroun. Doublet of patrún.

Noun

pátrún m (genitive singular pátrúin, nominative plural pátrúin)

patron
(Christianity) patron saint
Is é Naomh Breandán pátrún na mairnéalach.
The patron saint of mariners is Saint Brendan.

Declension

Declension of pátrún

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pátrún	pátrúin
Vocative	a phátrúin	a phátrúna
Genitive	pátrúin	pátrún
Dative	pátrún	pátrúin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an pátrún	na pátrúin
Genitive	an phátrúin	na bpátrún
Dative	leis an bpátrún don phátrún	leis na pátrúin

Derived terms

pátrúnacht (“patronage”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pátrún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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