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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Latin Patricius, likely via Old Welsh. Cognate to Irish Pádraig.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pàdraig m (genitive Phàdraig, vocative a Phàdraig, diminutive Pàra or Padaidh or Pàidean)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Patrick or Peter, the latter of which is etymologically unrelated
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References
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 139