fidchell

== English == === Etymology === From Middle Irish fidchell. === Noun === fidchell (uncountable) An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess. ==== Translations ==== == 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 === IPA(key): (earlier) /ˈɸʲiðxʲəl̪/, (later) /ˈɸʲiɣxʲəl̪/ === Noun === fidchell f (genitive fidchille, nominative plural fidchella) An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: ficheall Manx: feeal Scottish Gaelic: fidhcheall → English: fidchell === Mutation === === 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