Pádraig

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin Patricius, likely via Old Welsh. Replaced Old Irish Cothraige, a much earlier borrowing as shown by the replacement of Latin p with c.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pádraig m (genitive Phádraig)

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Patrick

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Pádraig Phádraig bPádraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28