deilbh

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

deilbh f (genitive deilbhe, nominative plural deilbheacha)

1. frame, figure
2. shape, appearance
3. (weaving) warp

Declension

Declension of deilbh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative deilbh deilbheacha Vocative a dheilbh a dheilbheacha Genitive deilbhe deilbheacha Dative deilbh deilbheacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an deilbh na deilbheacha Genitive na deilbhe na ndeilbheacha Dative leis an deilbh don deilbh leis na deilbheacha

Synonyms

• dlúth (“warp”)

Derived terms

• deilbhéir
• deilbhigh
• deilbhín
• deilbhíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deilbh	dheilbh	ndeilbh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deilbh m, f

1. genitive singular form of dealbh
2. Plural form of dealbh