пешка

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

пе́шка (pjéškaf inan (genitive пе́шкі, nominative plural пе́шкі, genitive plural пешк)

  1. (chess) pawn
    • 1955, Jakub Kołas, На ростанях. 2, Мінск: Дзяржаўнае выдавецтва БССР, page 341:
      Ад людзе́й, гало́ўным чы́нам тых, што сядзе́лі ў астро́зе, пераня́ў ён уме́льства выле́пліваць з хле́ба маста́цкія фігу́ры і пе́шкі для гульні́ ў ша́хматы, ве́льмі трыва́лыя і мо́цныя.
      Ad ljudzjéj, halóŭnym čýnam tyx, što sjadzjéli ŭ astrózje, pjeranjáŭ jon umjélʹstva vyljéplivacʹ z xljéba mastáckija fihúry i pjéški dlja hulʹní ŭ šáxmaty, vjélʹmi tryvályja i mócnyja.
      From the people, who were predominantly prison inmates, he picked up the skill of shaping bread into artistic pieces and pawns for playing chess, very durable and strong.

Declension

References

пешка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěšьka.

Pronunciation

Noun

пе́шка (péškaf

  1. (chess) pawn (chess piece)
  2. (figuratively) pawn

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Bulgarian · шахматни фигури (šahmatni figuri) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
цар (car) царица (carica) топ (top) офицер (oficer) кон (kon) пешка (peška)

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic پەشكا
Cyrillic пешка
Latin peşka
Yañalif pecka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пе́шка (péška).

Noun

пешка (peşka)

  1. (chess) pawn

Declension

See also

Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
патша (patşa) уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym) тура (tura) піл (pıl) ат (at) пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz)

Moksha

Noun

пешка (peška)

  1. indefinite singular comparative degree of пе (pe)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěšьka, derived from Proto-Slavic *pěšь (pedestrian, on foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

пе́шка (péškaf anim or f inan (genitive пе́шки, nominative plural пе́шки, genitive plural пе́шек)

  1. (chess, animate or inanimate) pawn
  2. (figuratively, animate) pawn

Declension

Abbreviations

Related terms

Descendants

  • Kazakh: пешка (peşka)
  • Yakut: биэскэ (bieske)

See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
коро́ль (korólʹ) ферзь (ferzʹ) ладья́ (ladʹjá) слон (slon) конь (konʹ) пе́шка (péška)