pátrún

See also: patrun and patrún

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)

1. patron
2. (Christianity) patron saint

   Is é Naomh Breandán pátrún na mairnéalach.

   The patron saint of mariners is Saint Brendan.

3. (Roman Catholicism) pattern (devotions that take place on the feast day of a patron saint)

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