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Czech
Etymology
Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).
Pronunciation
Noun
šach m inan
- (chess) check
Declension
Declension of šach (velar masculine inanimate)
Noun
šach m anim
- shah
- Synonym: šáh
Declension
Declension of šach (velar masculine animate)
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
- chess
Declension
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 anim
- Shah (Persian ruler)
Declension
Noun
šach m inan
- chess
- (singular only) checkmate
- Synonym: šach-mat
Declension
Derived terms
Interjection
šach
- (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, 2024
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃax/
- Rhymes: -ax
- Hyphenation: šach
- Syllabification: šach
Noun
šach m inan
- chess
Declension
Declension of šach (masculine velar stem)
References