dealbh

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲalˠəvˠ/

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

dealbh f (genitive singular deilbhe, nominative plural dealbha)

1. statue

• íomhá

From Middle Irish delb, a later spelling of Old Irish delam (“without wealth, poor, indigent”, adjective), from de- (“without”, privative prefix) +‎ alam (“herd, flock”).

dealbh (genitive singular masculine dealbh, genitive singular feminine deilbhe, plural dealbha, comparative deilbhe)

1. destitute, impoverished

   Synonyms: bocht, daibhir

2. bare, empty
3. bleak

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dealbh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 delb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 delb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲaɫ̪av]

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

1. picture, drawing, image
2. photograph

dealbh (past dhealbh, future dealbhaidh, verbal noun dealbhadh, past participle dealbhta)

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dealbh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 delb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language