šach

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See also: sach, sách, and sạch

Czech

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Etymology

Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

šach m inan

  1. (chess) check

Declension

Declension of šach (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative šach šachy
genitive šachu šachů
dative šachu šachům
accusative šach šachy
vocative šachu šachy
locative šachu šachách
instrumental šachem šachy

Noun

šach m anim

  1. shah
    Synonym: šáh

Declension

Declension of šach (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative šach šachové
genitive šacha šachů
dative šachovi, šachu šachům
accusative šacha šachy
vocative šachu šachové
locative šachovi, šachu šaších
instrumental šachem šachy

Further reading

  • “šach”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “šach”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “šach”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

šach m inan

  1. chess

Declension

Declension of šach
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative šach šacha šachy
Genitive šacha šachowu šachow
Dative šachoju šachoma šacham
Accusative šach šacha šachy
Instrumental šachom šachoma šachami
Locative šachu šachoma šachach

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šach”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Slovak

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

šach m pers

  1. Shah (Persian ruler)

Declension

Declension of šach (pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativešachšachovia
genitivešachašachov
dativešachovišachom
accusativešachašachov
locativešachovišachoch
instrumentalšachomšachmi

Noun

šach m inan (related adjective šachový)

  1. chess
  2. (singular only) checkmate
    Synonym: šach-mat
  3. (chess) check
  4. (chess) chessboard
    Synonym: šachovnica

Declension

Declension of šach (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativešachšachy
genitivešachušachov
dativešachušachom
accusativešachšachy
locativešachušachoch
instrumentalšachomšachmi

Derived terms

Interjection

šach

  1. (chess) check

Further reading

  • “šach”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Upper Sorbian

partija šacha

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Hyphenation: šach
  • Syllabification: šach

Noun

šach m inan (related adjective šachowy)

  1. chess

Declension

Declension of šach (masculine velar stem)
singular dual plural
nominative šach šachaj šachi
genitive šacha šachow šachow
dative šachej šachomaj šacham
accusative šach šachaj šachi
instrumental šachom šachomaj šachami
locative šachu šachomaj šachach
vocative šacho šachaj šachi

Derived terms

interjections

References

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