гамбит

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gambit.

Pronunciation

Noun

гамби́т (gambítm

  1. (chess) gambit

Declension

Declension of гамби́т
singular plural
indefinite гамби́т
gambít
гамби́ти
gambíti
definite
(subject form)
гамби́тът
gambítǎt
гамби́тите
gambítite
definite
(object form)
гамби́та
gambíta
count form гамби́та
gambíta

References

  • гамбит”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гамбит”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic گامبيت
Cyrillic гамбит
Latin gambit

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гамби́т (gambít), from French gambit, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ).

Noun

гамбит (gambit)

  1. (chess) gambit

Macedonian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: гам‧бит

Noun

га́мбит (gámbitm (plural га́мбити)

  1. (chess) gambit

Declension

Declension of гамбит
singular plural
indefinite гамбит (gambit) гамбити (gambiti)
definite unspecified гамбитот (gambitot) гамбитите (gambitite)
definite proximal гамбитов (gambitov) гамбитиве (gambitive)
definite distal гамбитон (gambiton) гамбитине (gambitine)
vocative гамбиту (gambitu) гамбити (gambiti)
count form гамбита (gambita)

References

  • гамбит” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French gambit. Several steps omitting from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (whence Russian купи́на (kupína), Latin campus), from *kh₂em- (bend, curve).

For Latin gamba (leg) relation, compare typologically вступа́ть (vstupátʹ), выступа́ть (vystupátʹ) (akin to ступня́ (stupnjá)).

For Latin gamba (leg) from *kh₂em- (bend, curve) derivation, compare typologically кривоно́гий (krivonógij) (< криво́й (krivój) + нога́ (nogá)), кривору́кий (krivorúkij) (< криво́й (krivój) + рука́ (ruká)), also compare криву́лька (krivúlʹka), криву́льки pl (krivúlʹki).

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Noun

гамби́т (gambítm inan (genitive гамби́та, nominative plural гамби́ты, genitive plural гамби́тов)

  1. (chess) gambit
  2. (figurative) gambit

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: გამბიტი (gambiṭi)
  • Kazakh: гамбит (gambit)