шашка
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]шах (šax, “check”) + -ка (-ka).
Noun
[edit]ша́шка • (šáška) f inan (genitive ша́шки, nominative plural ша́шки, genitive plural ша́шек)
- checker, draughtsman (a piece in a game of checkers/draughts)
- (in the plural) checkers/draughts (board game)
- explosive charge, stick (e.g. of dynamite)
- (military) smoke grenade
- (construction) paving block
Declension
[edit]Declension of ша́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ingrian: šaška
Etymology 2
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sabel%2C_schaschka_-_Livrustkammaren_-_1315_%28cropped%29.tif/lossy-page1-150px-Sabel%2C_schaschka_-_Livrustkammaren_-_1315_%28cropped%29.tif.jpg)
A Circassian borrowing, compare to Adyghe сэшхуэ (sɛšxʷɛ, “long knife”).
Noun
[edit]ша́шка • (šáška) f inan (genitive ша́шки, nominative plural ша́шки, genitive plural ша́шек)
- Cossack sabre, Circassian sabre, shashka (a type of guardless, lightly-curved sabre)
- (military, dated) rider, cavalryman (as a counting unit of military strength)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ша́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Descendants
[edit]- → Kalmyk: чашк (çaşk)
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