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Grammatical and Etymological Analysis of Genesis T. IS. 43Dealbh (form), in 0. Gael, delb ( = W. deltv), with h for /, as intarh and inarh, now tarbh and marhh, is referred by Stokes(Beitr. iv. -IK)) to the root dhar, Skr. dhara from dhri, withwliich may be connected Lat. for-ma, from which Eng. form isderived. Cf. Williams' Skr. Dictionary. The gen. of dclb isdelbe, the dat. deilh, the ace. delb, and the nom. plur. delbae.Cf. Nigra's Turin Glosses, p. 41. Other connected forms aredullxul (figmentum) and doilbtlieoir (fictor) from root dal. Delbis a fern, a-stem = *dclva.Falamh or folamh (empty, void), in O. Gael, folam.Cf. folom,folumm =: fo-lortim (the pref. fo and atij. lorn or lomm, bare). SeeWind. Ir. Texts, p. 502. Bopp. compares lomaim (I shear, makebare), and Skt. lumpdmi (break, cut, cut off) from rt. lup = rup.Dorcliadas (darkness) is an abstract noun mas. (nom. to hha)from adj. dorcha (dark) = 0. Gael, dorchae. Is dovcha = do-rch-a= do-riick-a, the pref. do cognate with Skr. dus and Gr. Sv^, andthe root ruch (to shine) with suf a I Cf Skr. ruch (to shine),Gr. XevKo^ (light), Lat. luceo (I shine), lumen (light) for lucinen,and luna (moon) for lucna, Goth, liuh-ath (light), O.H.G. leoht,A.S. ledht, Eng. light, li' doreha=do-r'cJi-a, its opposite, sorcha =so-rch-a = so-ruch-a, of which .so is cognate with Skr. su andGr. €u. Cf Stokes' Ii\ Glosses, pp. 40 and 09. With dorcha Ebelhas connected A.S. deorc and Eng. dark, 0. H. G. tarch, 0. N. dockr.Air (on), a prep, governing the dat. and aec, was in 0. Gael, ar andin Gaul, are- (cf. Arcmorici), the original vowel-ending of thiswoi'd accounting for its power of aspirating. Air is for *ari =*pari (initial p being dropped, as usual in Gaelic), cognate withSkr. pra- (fore-), Zend/r«- (fore-), Gr. irpo (before), Lat. pi'o (for)and prae (before), Goth, fru- in fruma (first), Slav, pra-, prro-,p>re- (fore-), Lith. pra- (fore-). Cf. Curtius' Grundz., p. 285.Aylutidh (face) = O. Gael, agaid, also agid, dat. of noun ugu,which Windish has connected with Skr. alisham, aJcshan, akshi(eye), Zend akhsh (see), ashi (eye), Gr. wi//- (sight, face), Lat. oculus(eye), Goth, uugo (the eye), uugjan (show), Lith uMs (eye), Slav.oko (eye). Cf. Curtius' Grundz., p. 457. In modern Gaelicaghaidh is a fem. noun indeclinable in the singular.Ka (the) is the gen. sing. fem. of the article, in 0. Gael, iiuiaand na.JDuimhne (of the deep) is the gen. sing, of the abstract noundoimhne = O. Gael, domnu from donuin (deep), now domhaiu.The 171 of domua is for b, as may be seen by comparing Dumnorix