шахматы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

šachmaty, szachmaty — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʂaxmatɨ]
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Noun

ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) m inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only)

chess

Declension

Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хмат šáxmat
dative	ша́хматам šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматамі šáxmatami
locative	ша́хматах šáxmatax

Related terms

шахматы́ст (šaxmatýst)
шахматы́стка (šaxmatýstka)

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʂaxmətɨ]
Audio (file)

Noun

ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) f inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматный, pejorative шахмати́шки)

chess (two-player board game)

Declension

Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хмат šáxmat
dative	ша́хматам šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматами šáxmatami
prepositional	ша́хматах šáxmatax

Pre-reform declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a)

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хматъ šáxmat
dative	ша́хматамъ šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматами šáxmatami
prepositional	ша́хматахъ šáxmatax

Derived terms

гексагона́льные ша́хматы (geksagonálʹnyje šáxmaty, “hexagonal chess”)

Related terms

мат (mat)
шах (šax)
шахмати́ст (šaxmatíst), шахмати́стка (šaxmatístka)

Descendants

→ Hebrew: שחמט (shakhmát)
→ Ingrian: šahmatat

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