samomat

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Literally, selfmate, from samo- +‎ mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Polish samomat.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈsamomat]
  • Rhymes: -omat
  • Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧mat

Noun[edit]

samomat m inan (related adjective samomatový)

  1. (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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • samomat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • samomat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • samomat in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Literally, selfmate, from samo- +‎ mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Czech samomat.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.mat/
  • Rhymes: -ɔmat
  • Syllabification: sa‧mo‧mat

Noun[edit]

samomat m inan

  1. (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[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • samomat in Polish dictionaries at PWN