EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dealaigh, v.t. & i. 1. Part, separate. Rudaí a dhealú (ó chéile), to separate things (from each other). ~ na caoirigh ó na gabhair, segregate the sheep from the goats. Dealaíonn sé na focail ó chéile, he chops his words. Solas a dhealú, to disperse light. Líne dhealaithe, dividing line. 2. Distinguish, differentiate. Ní thig liom na litreacha a dhealú ó chéile, I can’t distinguish the letters. Is doiligh dealú eatarthu, it is hard to differentiate between them. 3. (With le) Part with, separate from. Dhealaigh sé lena chairde, he parted company with his friends. Dhealaigh an lánúin (le chéile), the couple separated (from each other). Níor dhealaigh an slaghdán liom go fóill, the cold hasn’t left me yet. 4. Mth: Subtract (ó, from). 5. (With le) Depart. Dhealaigh sé leis, he took himself off. ~ leat (as seo), clear out (of here).
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Dealú ó chuibhreann agus ó chaidreamh, separation from bed and board.
~ a dhéanamh idir maith agus olc, to distinguish between good and evil.
~ coirp agus anama (le chéile), the separation of body and soul.
Suimiú, dealú, ~, repeated addition, subtraction.