siach
Welsh
Etymology
From siachmat, by analogy with English check from checkmate. A learned borrowing from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] amazed”).
Noun
siach m (plural siachau, not mutable)
- (chess) check
Related terms
- siachmat