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
singular plural
nominative pátrún pátrúin
vocative a phátrúin a phátrúna
genitive pátrúin pátrún
dative pátrún pátrúin
forms with the definite article
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

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