ficheall

== Irish == === Alternative forms === fidhcheall (superseded) === Etymology === From Middle Irish fidchell, from Proto-Celtic *widukʷēslā (literally “wood intelligence”).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 ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (chessboard): clár fichille ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === 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