ficheall
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fidchell, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). Compare Welsh gwyddbwyll.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): [ˈfʲɪhəl̪ˠ]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈfʲɪhəl̪ˠ], [fʲiːl̪ˠ]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈfʲɪçəl̪ˠ]
Noun edit
ficheall f (genitive singular fichille)
- chess (two-player board game)
- chessboard
Declension edit
Declension of ficheall
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
- (chessboard): clár fichille
Derived terms edit
- fear fichille (“chess piece, chessman”)
- fiann fichille, foireann fichille (“set of chessmen”)
- ficheallaí, imreoir fichille (“chess player”)
- fichillín (“pawn”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ficheall | fhicheall | bhficheall |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ficheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fidchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language