Irish
- deabhramh, dealradh, dealrú, deáramh, deárthamh
- deallradh, deallramh, deallrú, deallrughadh, dealrughadh (superseded)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish dellrad.[2] By surface analysis, dealr(aigh) + -amh
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɑuɾˠəvˠ/, /ˈdʲɑːɾˠəvˠ/[3] (corresponding to the forms deabhramh and deáramh)
Noun
dealramh m (genitive singular as substantive dealraimh, genitive as verbal noun dealraithe)
- verbal noun of dealraigh
- sheen, splendour
- look, appearance
- likeness, resemblance
Declension
Declension of dealramh (first declension, no plural)
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- Verbal noun
Declension of dealramh (irregular, no plural)
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Derived terms
- de réir dealraimh (“apparently”)
- dealramh gréine (“sunshine”)
- níl aon dealramh leis sin! (“that’s ridiculous!”)
- scéal gan dealramh (“an unlikely story”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of dealramh
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhealramh
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ndealramh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “dealramh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “del(l)rad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 201, page 101
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deallraṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 228
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dealramh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “dealramh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025