samomat
Czech
Etymology
Literally, “selfmate”, from samo- + mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Polish samomat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsamomat]
- Rhymes: -omat
- Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧mat
Noun
samomat m inan (relational adjective samomatový)
- (chess) selfmate (chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves)
Declension
Declension of samomat (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | samomat | samomaty |
| genitive | samomatu | samomatů |
| dative | samomatu | samomatům |
| accusative | samomat | samomaty |
| vocative | samomate | samomaty |
| locative | samomatu | samomatech |
| instrumental | samomatem | samomaty |
Further reading
- “samomat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “samomat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “samomat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “selfmate”, from samo- + mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Czech samomat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.mat/
- Rhymes: -ɔmat
- Syllabification: sa‧mo‧mat
Noun
samomat m inan
- (chess) selfmate (chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves)
Declension
Declension of samomat
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | samomat | samomaty |
| genitive | samomatu | samomatów |
| dative | samomatowi | samomatom |
| accusative | samomat | samomaty |
| instrumental | samomatem | samomatami |
| locative | samomacie | samomatach |
| vocative | samomacie | samomaty |
Further reading
- samomat in Polish dictionaries at PWN