ficheall
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Ficheall
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish fidchell, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”). Compare Welsh gwyddbwyll.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪhəl̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪhəl̪ˠ/, /fʲiːl̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɪçəl̪ˠ/
Noun
ficheall f (genitive singular fichille)
- chess (two-player board game)
- chessboard
Declension
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Synonyms
- (chessboard): clár fichille
Derived terms
- fear fichille (“chess piece, chessman”)
- fiann fichille (“set of chessmen”)
- ficheallaí (“chess player”)
- fichillín (“pawn”)
- foireann fichille (“set of chessmen”)
- imreoir fichille (“chess player”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| ficheall | fhicheall | bhficheall |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ficheall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fidchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language