fidchell
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English
Etymology
From Middle Irish fidchell.
Noun
fidchell (uncountable)
- An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.
Translations
Celtic board game
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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *widukʷeislā (literally “wood intelligence”), from *widus (“wood”) + *kʷeislā (“sense”), cognate with Welsh gwyddbwyll, Cornish gwydhbol, and Breton gwezboell.
Pronunciation
Noun
fidchell f (genitive fidchille, nominative plural fidchella)
- An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.
Derived terms
- fidchelda (“pertaining to fidchell”)
- fidchellach (“fidchell player”)
- fidchellacht (“playing fidchell”)
- fidchellaire (“fidchell player”)
- fidchleóracht (“playing fidchell”)
Descendants
- Irish: ficheall
- Manx: feeal
- Scottish Gaelic: fidhcheall
- → English: fidchell
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| fidchell | ḟidchell | fidchell pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fidchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language