šach

See also: sach, sách, and sạch

Czech

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian شاه (shāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃax/

Noun

1. (chess) check
2. shah

Declension

Inanimate: Template:cs-decl-noun Animate: Template:cs-decl-noun

Further reading

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃax/

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian شاه (shāh).

Noun

šach m

1. Shah (Persian ruler)

Declension

Declension of šach

	singular	plural
nominative	šach	šachovia
genitive	šacha	šachov
dative	šachovi	šachom
accusative	šacha	šachov
locative	šachovi	šachoch
instrumental	šachom	šachmi

Noun

šach m

1. chess
2. checkmate (singular only)

Declension

Declension of šach

	singular	plural
nominative	šach	šachy
genitive	šachu	šachov
dative	šachu	šachom
accusative	šach	šachov
locative	šachu	šachoch
instrumental	šachom	šachmi

Derived terms

• šachová figúrka (noun)
• šachovnica (noun)
• šachový (adjective)

Related terms

• šach-mat

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, 2024