שחמט

Hebrew

Etymology

Probably from Russian ша́хматы (šáxmaty, “chess”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “checkmate”). The final stress may be due to the predominant Hebrew accent and/or influenced by German Schachmatt (“checkmate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃaχˈmat/
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Noun

שַׁחְמָט • (shakhmát) m (no plural forms)

  1. chess (a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king)

Synonyms

  • מִשְׂחַק הַמְּלָכִים (miskhák ham'lakhím)
  • אִישְׁקוּקָה (ishkuká), אִישְׁקוּקִי (ishkukí)
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