σκάκι

See also: skaki and skåki

Greek

Etymology

From Italian scacchi, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈska.ci/
• Hyphenation: σκά‧κι

Noun

σκάκι • (skáki) n (plural σκάκια)

1. (uncountable) chess
2. (countable) chessboard

Declension

Declension of σκάκι

	singular	plural
nominative	σκάκι •	σκάκια •
genitive	σκακιού •	σκακιών •
accusative	σκάκι •	σκάκια •
vocative	σκάκι •	σκάκια •
The rare plural, with sense chessboard.

Further reading

• “σκάκι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
• σκάκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN., marked: "with no plural"
• σκάκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el