ficheallaí

Irish

Etymology

From ficheall (“chess”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

ficheallaí m (genitive singular ficheallaí, nominative plural ficheallaithe)

1. chess player

   Synonym: imreoir fichille

Declension

Declension of ficheallaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ficheallaí ficheallaithe Vocative a fhicheallaí a fhicheallaithe Genitive ficheallaí ficheallaithe Dative ficheallaí ficheallaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ficheallaí na ficheallaithe Genitive an fhicheallaí na bhficheallaithe Dative leis an bhficheallaí don fhicheallaí leis na ficheallaithe

Related terms

• ficheallacht f (“(art of) chess-playing; things pertaining to chess-playing”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ficheallaí	fhicheallaí	bhficheallaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ficheallaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN