ficheallaí

Irish

Etymology

From ficheall (“chess”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

ficheallaí m (genitive singular ficheallaí, nominative plural ficheallaithe)

1. chess player

   Synonym: imreoir fichille

Declension

Declension of ficheallaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ficheallaí ficheallaithe vocative a fhicheallaí a fhicheallaithe genitive ficheallaí ficheallaithe dative ficheallaí ficheallaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ficheallaí na ficheallaithe genitive an fhicheallaí na bhficheallaithe dative leis an bhficheallaí don fhicheallaí leis na ficheallaithe

Related terms

• ficheallacht f (“(art of) chess-playing; things pertaining to chess-playing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ficheallaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ficheallaí	fhicheallaí	bhficheallaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ficheallaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN