шахматы
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Belarusian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty).
Pronunciation
Noun
ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) m inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматны)
Declension
Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only hard masc-form accent-a)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| genitive | ша́хмат šáxmat |
| dative | ша́хматам šáxmatam |
| accusative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| instrumental | ша́хматамі šáxmatami |
| locative | ша́хматах šáxmatax |
Derived terms
nouns
- шахматы́ст m pers (šaxmatýst)
References
- “шахматы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “шахматы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty), probably from Middle High German schāch unde mat (compare German Schachmatt (“checkmate”)), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is conquered”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) f inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматный, pejorative шахмати́шки)
- chess (two-player board game)
Declension
Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| genitive | ша́хмат šáxmat |
| dative | ша́хматам šáxmatam |
| accusative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| instrumental | ша́хматами šáxmatami |
| prepositional | ша́хматах šáxmatax |
Pre-reform declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| genitive | ша́хматъ šáxmat |
| dative | ша́хматамъ šáxmatam |
| accusative | ша́хматы šáxmaty |
| instrumental | ша́хматами šáxmatami |
| prepositional | ша́хматахъ šáxmatax |
Derived terms
- гексагона́льные ша́хматы (geksagonálʹnyje šáxmaty, “hexagonal chess”)
Related terms
- мат (mat)
- шах (šax)
- шахмати́ст (šaxmatíst), шахмати́стка (šaxmatístka)
Descendants
- → Hebrew: שחמט (shakhmát)
- → Ingrian: šahmatat
- → Tajik: шоҳмот (šohmot) (semantic loan)
- → Azerbaijani: şahmat (semantic loan)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шахматы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шахматы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 406