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)

  1. chess (two-player board game)
  2. chessboard

Declension

Declension of ficheall (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ficheall
vocative a fhicheall
genitive fichille
dative ficheall
fichill (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhicheall
genitive na fichille
dative leis an bhficheall
leis an bhfichill (archaic, dialectal)
don fhicheall
don fhichill (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

  • (chessboard): clár fichille

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ficheall
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.

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