fidchell
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fidchell (uncountable)
- An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.
Translations
[edit]Celtic board game
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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 | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fidchellL | fidchillL | fidchellaH |
Vocative | fidchellL | fidchillL | fidchellaH |
Accusative | fidchillN | fidchillL | fidchellaH |
Genitive | fidchilleH | fidchellL | fidchellN |
Dative | fidchillL | fidchellaib | fidchellaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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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]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fidchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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