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sakk-matt

Etymology edit

A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (checkmate). First attested in 1651. Utimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, the king is defeated).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɒkmɒtː]
  • Hyphenation: sakk-‧matt
  • Rhymes: -ɒtː

Interjection edit

sakk-matt

  1. checkmate

Noun edit

sakk-matt (plural sakk-mattok)

  1. (chess) checkmate (the conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture)
    Synonym: matt
  2. (figuratively, by extension) checkmate (any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sakk-matt sakk-mattok
accusative sakk-mattot sakk-mattokat
dative sakk-mattnak sakk-mattoknak
instrumental sakk-mattal sakk-mattokkal
causal-final sakk-mattért sakk-mattokért
translative sakk-mattá sakk-mattokká
terminative sakk-mattig sakk-mattokig
essive-formal sakk-mattként sakk-mattokként
essive-modal
inessive sakk-mattban sakk-mattokban
superessive sakk-matton sakk-mattokon
adessive sakk-mattnál sakk-mattoknál
illative sakk-mattba sakk-mattokba
sublative sakk-mattra sakk-mattokra
allative sakk-matthoz sakk-mattokhoz
elative sakk-mattból sakk-mattokból
delative sakk-mattról sakk-mattokról
ablative sakk-mattól sakk-mattoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sakk-matté sakk-mattoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sakk-mattéi sakk-mattokéi
Possessive forms of sakk-matt
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sakk-mattom sakk-mattjaim
2nd person sing. sakk-mattod sakk-mattjaid
3rd person sing. sakk-mattja sakk-mattjai
1st person plural sakk-mattunk sakk-mattjaink
2nd person plural sakk-mattotok sakk-mattjaitok
3rd person plural sakk-mattjuk sakk-mattjaik

References edit

  1. ^ sakk-matt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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