šach
Czech
Etymology
Via Arabic, from Persian شاه (shāh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃax/
Noun
šach m
- (chess) check
- shah
Declension
Inanimate:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šach | šachy |
| genitive | šachu | šachů |
| dative | šachu | šachům |
| accusative | šach | šachy |
| vocative | šachu | šachy |
| locative | šachu | šachách |
| instrumental | šachem | šachy |
Animate:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šach | šachové |
| genitive | šacha | šachů |
| dative | šachu, šachovi | šachům |
| accusative | šacha | šachy |
| vocative | šachu | šachové |
| locative | šachu, šachovi | šaších |
| instrumental | šachem | šachy |
Further reading
- šach in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- šach in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃax/
Noun
šach m
- chess
Declension
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | šach | šacha | šachy |
| Genitive | šacha | šachowu | šachow |
| Dative | šachoju | šachoma | šacham |
| Accusative | šach | šacha | šachy |
| Instrumental | šachom | šachoma | šachami |
| Locative | šachu | šachoma | šachach |
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “šach”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Slovak
Etymology
Via Arabic, from Persian شاه (shāh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃax/
Noun
šach m (genitive singular šacha, nominative plural šachovia, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of chlap)
- Shah (Persian ruler)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šach | šachovia |
| genitive | šacha | šachov |
| dative | šachovi | šachom |
| accusative | šacha | šachov |
| locative | šachovi | šachoch |
| instrumental | šachom | šachmi |
Noun
šach m (genitive singular šachu, nominative plural šachy, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of dub)
- chess
- checkmate (singular only)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | šach | šachy |
| genitive | šachu | šachov |
| dative | šachu | šachom |
| accusative | šach | šachov |
| locative | šachu | šachoch |
| instrumental | šachom | šachmi |
Derived terms
- šachová figúrka (noun)
- šachovnica (noun)
- šachový (adjective)
Related terms
- šach-mat
Interjection
šach
- (chess) check
Further reading
- šach in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”).
Noun
šach m
- chess
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “šach” in Soblex