ladrann

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish latrann (“robber, thief”), probably originally the genitive singular of an unattested Old Irish *latru, from Latin latrō.

Noun

ladrann m (genitive singular ladrainn, nominative plural ladrainn)

1. (literary) robber, thief

   Synonyms: robálaí, gadaí

   • 1970, Ó Cuinn, Tiomna Nua, Lúcás 19:46:

     “Tá sé scríofa go mbeidh mo theachsa ina theach urnaí; ach tá uaimh ladrann déanta agaibh de.”

     “It is written that my house will be a house of prayer; bu you have made it a den of thieves.”

2. (entomology) drone
   • 1999, Feasta:

     An t-aon ghnó atá ag an ladrann ná a bheith mar chéile aon bhabhta ag banríon nua.

     The only business of the drone is to be a new queen’s one-time partner.

Declension

Declension of ladrann (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ladrann ladrainn vocative a ladrainn a ladranna genitive ladrainn ladrann dative ladrann ladrainn forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ladrann na ladrainn genitive an ladrainn na ladrann dative leis an ladrann don ladrann leis na ladrainn

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “latrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ladrann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ladrann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ladrann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025