Pàdraig

See also: Pádraig

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Patricius, likely via Old Welsh. Cognate to Irish Pádraig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰaːt̪ɾikʲ/[1][2]
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈpʰɑːɾikʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form Pàraig)

Proper noun

Pàdraig m (genitive Phàdraig, vocative a Phàdraig, diminutive Pàra or Padaidh or Pàidean)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Patrick or Peter, the latter of which is etymologically unrelated

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References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 139
  3. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 199
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