ladrann

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

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.

• 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