dealbh

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠəvˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish delb (“figure, form, image, likeness, statue”).

Noun

dealbh f (genitive singular deilbhe, nominative plural dealbha)

  1. statue
Declension
Declension of dealbh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dealbh dealbha
Vocative a dhealbh a dhealbha
Genitive deilbhe dealbh
Dative dealbh
deilbh (archaic, dialectal)		 dealbha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dealbh na dealbha
Genitive na deilbhe na ndealbh
Dative leis an dealbh
leis an deilbh (archaic, dialectal)

don dealbh
don deilbh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na dealbha
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish delb, a later spelling of Old Irish delam (“without wealth, poor, indigent”, adjective), from de- (“without”, privative prefix) +‎ alam (“herd, flock”).

Adjective

dealbh (genitive singular masculine dealbh, genitive singular feminine deilbhe, plural dealbha, comparative deilbhe)

  1. destitute, impoverished
  2. bare, empty
  3. bleak
Declension
Declension of dealbh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dealbh dhealbh dealbha;
dhealbha²
Vocative dhealbh dealbha
Genitive deilbhe dealbha dealbh
Dative dealbh;
dhealbh¹		 dhealbh;
dhealbh (archaic)		 dealbha;
dhealbha²
Comparative níos deilbhe
Superlative is deilbhe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dealbh dhealbh ndealbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "dealbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 delb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 delb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish delb (“figure, form, image, likeness, statue”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d̊ʲaɫ̪av]

Noun

dealbh m or f (genitive singular dealbha or deilbh, plural dealbhan or dealbhannan or deilbh)

  1. picture, drawing, image
  2. photograph

Derived terms

Verb

dealbh (past dhealbh, future dealbhaidh, verbal noun dealbhadh, past participle dealbhta)

  1. imagine, picture
  2. create, construct, shape
  3. plan, design

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
dealbhdhealbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 delb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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