fidchell

English edit

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fidchell

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fidchell.

Noun edit

fidchell (uncountable)

An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.

Translations edit

Celtic board game

Breton: gwezboell (br) m
Irish: ficheall (ga) f
Scottish Gaelic: fidhcheall m
Welsh: gwyddbwyll (cy) f

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”), from *widus +‎ *kʷēslā, cognate with Welsh gwyddbwyll, Cornish gwydhbol, and Breton gwezboell.

Noun edit

fidchell f (genitive fidchille, nominative plural fidchella)

An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.

Inflection edit

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fidchell^L	fidchill^L	fidchella^H
Vocative	fidchell^L	fidchill^L	fidchella^H
Accusative	fidchill^N	fidchill^L	fidchella^H
Genitive	fidchille^H	fidchell^L	fidchell^N
Dative	fidchill^L	fidchellaib	fidchellaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

fidchelda (“pertaining to fidchell”)
fidchellach, fidchellaire (“fidchell player”)
fidchellacht, fidchleóracht (“playing fidchell”)

Descendants edit

Irish: ficheall
Manx: feeal
Scottish Gaelic: fidhcheall

Further reading edit

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fidchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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