dealbh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠəvˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish delb (figure, form, image, likeness, statue), from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (to split); compare Welsh delw.

Noun

dealbh f (genitive singular deilbhe, nominative plural dealbha)

  1. statue
Declension
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
    Synonyms: bocht, daibhir
  2. bare, empty
  3. bleak
Declension

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish delb (figure, form, image, likeness, statue), from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (to split); compare Welsh delw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲaɫ̪av]

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
Radical Lenition
dealbhdhealbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dealbh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 delb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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