paidrín

Irish

Alternative forms

• paidirín (Munster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish paidrín.. By surface analysis, paidir +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠadʲəˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠadʲɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠædʲɾʲiːnʲ/

Noun

paidrín m (genitive singular paidrín, nominative plural paidríní)

1. (Roman Catholicism) rosary

   cloch phaidrín ― rosary bead

   Bhí sé ag rá an phaidrín.

   She was saying the rosary.

2. a rosary bead, (collective) rosary beads
3. string of beads (in general)

   Tá na prátaí ina bpaidríní.

   The potatoes (on the stalks) are like beads (on a string)

Declension

Declension of paidrín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative paidrín paidríní Vocative a phaidrín a phaidríní Genitive paidrín paidríní Dative paidrín paidríní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an paidrín na paidríní Genitive an phaidrín na bpaidríní Dative leis an bpaidrín don phaidrín leis na paidríní

Derived terms

• Paidrín Páirteach (“Family Rosary”)
• lán go poll an phaidrín (“full to the neck, completely full”)
• an chloch is lú ar do phaidrín (“the least of one's concerns”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
paidrín	phaidrín	bpaidrín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “paidrín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 537
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paidrín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN