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Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
scacci
- inflection of scacciare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Etymology
From Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king ”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”).
Pronunciation
Noun
scaccī m pl (genitive scaccōrum); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) chess
- Synonym: lūdus scaccōrum
Usage notes
- In the Classical pronunciation, scacci is consonantially identical to the modern Italian-language designation for chess scacchi, but this is not so in Ecclesiastical. Ecclesiastical or Italianate Latin is thus more likely to use the alternative form scacchi, which forces before .
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
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