šach

See also: sach, sách, and sạch

Czech

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Classical Persian شاه (šāh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃax]

Noun

šach m inan

  1. (chess) check

Declension

Noun

šach m anim

  1. shah
    Synonym: šáh

Declension

Further reading

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 ( /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, king).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃax/

Noun

šach m inan

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): [ʃax]

Noun

šach m pers

  1. Shah (Persian ruler)

Declension

Declension of šach
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativešachšachovia
genitivešachašachov
dativešachovišachom
accusativešachašachov
locativešachovišachoch
instrumentalšachomšachmi

Noun

šach m inan (relational adjective šachový)

  1. chess
  2. (singular only) checkmate
    Synonym: šach-mat
  3. (chess) check
  4. (chess) chessboard
    Synonym: šachovnica

Declension

Declension of šach
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativešachšachy
genitivešachušachov
dativešachušachom
accusativešachšachy
locativešachušachoch
instrumentalšachomšachmi

Derived terms

Interjection

šach

  1. (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, 2003–2025

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Hyphenation: šach
  • Syllabification: šach

Noun

šach m inan (related adjective šachowy)

  1. chess

Declension

Derived terms

interjections
  • šach a mat

References