paidrín

Irish

(Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠadʲəˈɾʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding also to the form paidirín)
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑːdʲɾʲiːnʲ/^[3]; /ˈpˠɑːdʲəɾʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form paidirín)^[4]
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠadʲɾʲiːnʲ/^[5]; /ˈpˠadʲəɾʲiːnʲ/ (corresponding to the form paidirín)^[6]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠædʲɾʲiːnʲ/^[7]

paidrín m (genitive singular paidrín, nominative plural paidríní)

(Roman Catholicism) rosary
cloch phaidrín ― rosary bead

Bhí sé ag rá an phaidrín.
She was saying the rosary.
a rosary bead, (collective) rosary beads
string of beads (in general)
Tá na prátaí ina bpaidríní.
The potatoes (on the stalks) are like beads (on a string)

Declension of paidrín (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an paidrín	na paidríní
genitive	an phaidrín	na bpaidríní
dative	leis an bpaidrín don phaidrín	leis na paidríní

Mutated forms of *paidrín*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
paidrín	phaidrín	bpaidrín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ “paidrín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “paidrín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 288
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 505, page 94
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 191, page 44
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 218, page 41
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123