σκάκι
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Greek
Etymology
From Italian scacchi, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king ”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
Pronunciation
Noun
σκάκι • (skáki) n (plural σκάκια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σκάκι (skáki) | σκάκια (skákia) |
| genitive | σκακιού (skakioú) | σκακιών (skakión) |
| accusative | σκάκι (skáki) | σκάκια (skákia) |
| vocative | σκάκι (skáki) | σκάκια (skákia) |
The rare plural, with sense chessboard.
Further reading
- σκάκι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- σκάκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN., marked: "with no plural"
σκάκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
