dealbh

Irish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

dealbh f (genitive deilbhe, 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 dealbha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dealbh na dealbha Genitive na deilbhe na ndealbh Dative leis an dealbh don dealbh leis na dealbha

Synonyms

• íomhá

Derived terms

• crosdealbhach

Etymology 2

Adjective

dealbh

1. destitute, impoverished
2. bare, empty
3. bleak

Synonyms

• (destitute, impoverished): bocht

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.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [d̊ʲaɫ̪av]

Noun

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

1. picture, drawing, image
2. photograph

Derived terms

• cian-dhealbh - television
• dealbh dath-uisge - watercolour
• dealbhadair - painter, photographer etc
• taigh-dealbh - cinema
• tog dealbh - photograph (verb)

Verb

dealbh (verbal noun dealbhadh)

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