dealbh
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠəvˠ/
Declension
Declension of dealbh
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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)
Declension
Declension of dealbh
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [d̊ʲaɫ̪av]
Noun
dealbh m or f (genitive singular dealbha or deilbh, plural dealbhan or dealbhannan or deilbh)
Derived terms
- cian-dhealbh (“television”)
- dealbhadair (“painter, photographer, etc.”)
- dealbh dath-uisge (“watercolour”)
- taigh-dealbh (“cinema”)
- tog dealbh (“photograph”, verb)
Verb
dealbh (past dhealbh, future dealbhaidh, verbal noun dealbhadh, past participle dealbhta)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
dealbh | dhealbh |
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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