шахматы

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Belarusian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʂaxmatɨ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axmatɨ
  • Hyphenation: шах‧ма‧ты

Noun

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ша́хматы (šáxmatym inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматны)

  1. chess
  2. chess piece

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References

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  • шахматы”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • шахматы” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty), probably from Middle High German schāch unde mat (compare German Schachmatt (checkmate)), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, the king is conquered).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ша́хматы (šáxmatyf inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматный, pejorative шахмати́шки)

  1. chess (two-player board game)

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Descendants

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  • Hebrew: שחמט (shakhmát)
  • Ingrian: šahmatat
  • Tajik: шоҳмот (šohmot) (semantic loan)
  • Azerbaijani: şahmat (semantic loan)

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шахматы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шахматы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 406