scacci
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskat.t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -attʃi
- Hyphenation: scàc‧ci
Verb
scacci
- inflection of scacciare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Etymology
From Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskak.kiː/, [ˈs̠käkːiː]
Usage notes
- In the Classical pronunciation, scacci is consonantially identical to the modern Italian-language designation for chess scacchi, but this is not so in Ecclesiastical. Ecclesiastical or Italianate Latin is thus more likely to use the alternative form scacchi, which forces [k] before [i].
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | scaccī |
Genitive | scaccōrum |
Dative | scaccīs |
Accusative | scaccōs |
Ablative | scaccīs |
Vocative | scaccī |
Derived terms
- scaccus
- lūdus scaccōrum
See also
Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculī, mīlitēs scaccōrum (layout · text) | |||||
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rēx | rēgīna | turris | sagittifer | eques | pedes |
References
- scacci in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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