šach

See also: sach, sách, and sạch

Czech

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Persian شاه‎ (shāh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃax/

Noun

šach m

  1. (chess) check
  2. shah

Declension

Inanimate:

Animate:

Further reading

  • šach in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • šach in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃax/

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Persian شاه‎ (shāh).

Noun

šach m (genitive singular šacha, nominative plural šachovia, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Shah (Persian ruler)
Declension

Noun

šach m (genitive singular šachu, nominative plural šachy, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. chess
  2. checkmate (singular only)
Declension
Derived terms

Interjection

šach

  1. (chess) check

Further reading

  • šach in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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