Pádraig

Pádraig

Pádraig

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Pádraig or Pádraic (English: /ˈpɔː(d)rɪɡ, -rɪk/ PAW-(d)rig, -⁠rik, Irish: [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ, -əc]),[1][2][3][4] also Pádhraig or Pádhraic (/ˈpɔːrɪɡ, -rɪk/ PAW-rig, -⁠rik, Irish: [ˈpˠaːɾˠəɟ, -əc]), are Irish male given names deriving from the Latin Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. The name is often anglicised as its English language equivalent Patrick or phonetically, e.g. Pauric.

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Diminutives include Páidín, Páidí (both anglicised as 'Paudeen' and 'Paddy', respectively), and the feminine equivalent Pádraigín (little Patrick), which was originally an exclusively masculine name before later being viewed as the Irish equivalent of the feminine name Patricia. Pádraig is also sometimes anglicised as Paddy or Podge; the former anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term for Irish people as a whole.

The Scottish Gaelic forms are Pàdraig (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈpʰaːt̪ɾɪkʲ]) or Pàra (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈpʰaːɾə]) for short (cf. Para Handy).

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  1. [1]
    Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
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    Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
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    Quiggin (1906). A Dialect of Donegal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 132–137.
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    "PÁDRAIC, PÁDHRAIC, PÁDRAIG, PÁDHRAIG - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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