sakk-matt
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word sakk-matt. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word sakk-matt, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say sakk-matt in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word sakk-matt you have here. The definition of the word sakk-matt will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsakk-matt, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
sakk-matt
Hungarian
Etymology
A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (“checkmate”). First attested in 1651. Utimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is defeated”).[1]
Pronunciation
Interjection
sakk-matt
Noun
sakk-matt (plural sakk-mattok)
- (chess) checkmate (the conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture)
- Synonym: matt
- (figuratively, by extension) checkmate (any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sakk-matt | sakk-mattok |
| accusative | sakk-mattot | sakk-mattokat |
| dative | sakk-mattnak | sakk-mattoknak |
| instrumental | sakk-mattal | sakk-mattokkal |
| causal-final | sakk-mattért | sakk-mattokért |
| translative | sakk-mattá | sakk-mattokká |
| terminative | sakk-mattig | sakk-mattokig |
| essive-formal | sakk-mattként | sakk-mattokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sakk-mattban | sakk-mattokban |
| superessive | sakk-matton | sakk-mattokon |
| adessive | sakk-mattnál | sakk-mattoknál |
| illative | sakk-mattba | sakk-mattokba |
| sublative | sakk-mattra | sakk-mattokra |
| allative | sakk-matthoz | sakk-mattokhoz |
| elative | sakk-mattból | sakk-mattokból |
| delative | sakk-mattról | sakk-mattokról |
| ablative | sakk-mattól | sakk-mattoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
sakk-matté | sakk-mattoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
sakk-mattéi | sakk-mattokéi |
| Possessive forms of sakk-matt | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | sakk-mattom | sakk-mattjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | sakk-mattod | sakk-mattjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | sakk-mattja | sakk-mattjai |
| 1st person plural | sakk-mattunk | sakk-mattjaink |
| 2nd person plural | sakk-mattotok | sakk-mattjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | sakk-mattjuk | sakk-mattjaik |
References
- ^ sakk-matt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- sakk-matt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN