Where does “ficheallaí” come from?

ficheallaí (Irish) comes from Irish -aí, from Old Irish -ide, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

ficheallaí (Irish): chess player

Definitions

  1. chess player

Ancestry of “ficheallaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
2Old Irish-ide—
3Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Old Irish -de →Every word from Irish -aí →Every word from Old Irish -ide →