TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deilbh1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eacha).1. Frame, figure; shape, appearance. Is breá an fear ar a dheilbh é; is breá an ~ fir atá air, he is a fine figure of a man. Ar a dheilbh féin, in his own image. Ní aithním a dheilbh, I do not recognize him by his appearance. Tá ~ bheag bhocht air, he has a very poor appearance; he looks sickly. Níl ~ luiche air, he is shrunk to nothing. 2. Weaving: Warp. S.a. crann 6 (b).3 = dealbh11.
deilbh2 = deilbhigh.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ crutha, deilbhe, transformation.
~ deilbhe, deilbhithe, warp-frame.
~ agus deilbh, face and form.
Cruth agus deilbh agus ~, form and figure and appearance.
Ghabh sé deilbh muisiriúin, it took the shape of a mushroom.
~ deilbhe, carving of statue.