Irish

Noun

dealbh f ‎(genitive singular deilbhe, nominative plural dealbha)

1. statue

Declension

Synonyms

• íomhá

Derived terms

• dealbhóir
• crosdealbhach

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

Synonyms

• (destitute, impoverished): bocht, daibhir

Mutation

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, 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

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 0 901771 92 9
• “1 delb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.