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)
- (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.”
- (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
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “latrann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ladrann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ladrann” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ladrann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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