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
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

"pátrún" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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